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Topic: Marines, Army shrinking force size
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Marines, Army shrinking force size
under budgetary restraints
The Washington Free Beacon, by Adam Kredo
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Posted By:coldborezero, 1/29/2013 12:57:15 PM
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The United States Marine Corps is set to shed more than 20,000 active duty positions in the coming years and have already commenced a process meant to force some senior officers into an early retirement. The Marines are on course to cut around 4,000 positions a year through 2017, decreasing the total number of Marines to 182,100 from its peak last year of 202,100, according to a major scale-down order that was quietly issued last year
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There appears to be a White House plan to weaken the military to the point that it will not be able to fulfill mission requirements.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
GOPJihad, 1/29/2013 1:01:07 PM (No. 9146581)
Meanwhile, the Free Stuff Army (FSA) gets ever larger and ever more money from BHO...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
attorneyforfreedom, 1/29/2013 1:03:56 PM (No. 9146587)
Well ok then, I feel safe s/o
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
usmc2489, 1/29/2013 1:12:28 PM (No. 9146602)
With all of the changes to the military since obozo has been prez, gays, women in combat, political correctness against Christian military members, I am surprised that anyone is making a career anymore. Hang on, it´s going to be another rough 4 years.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MattMusson, 1/29/2013 1:14:54 PM (No. 9146606)
For all you men and women who risked your lives for this country - Goodbye and thanks for all the fish.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
viking diver, 1/29/2013 1:30:25 PM (No. 9146641)
this is why I left the military when the peanut brained idiot decimated our military in the late 70´s PC run amok
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
VeteranAmerican, 1/29/2013 1:59:21 PM (No. 9146725)
we are so screwed. Wait until it really hits the fan in Africa
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
mauiaggie, 1/29/2013 2:03:21 PM (No. 9146739)
I agree with the previous posts but if we can use a little common sense in these cuts they may not be all bad. All the services have suffered from bureaucratic bloat which have nothing to do with war-fighting capability and everything to do with making more departments for more flag officers. The military is overrun with General Officers and high ranking civilians who head department after department that have little to do with the mission. Get rid of all the diversity training commands, green energy commands, P.C. commands, etc. and only keep the Generals around who command troops in the field or necessary supply, logistic and training bases...keep the units and bases that enhance the ability to meet, close with and kill the enemy.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Philipsonh, 1/29/2013 3:17:42 PM (No. 9146907)
That is unbelievable. Then WHY are we sending foreign aid all over the World, even to Countries that are our enemies. Why do we have many Federal Agencies that are NOT needed and essentially detrimental to the Country. Why a lot of things, but the current Administration will never solve any of them.
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The United States Marine Corps is set to shed more than 20,000 active duty positions in the coming years and have already commenced a process meant to force some senior officers into an early retirement. The Marines are on course to cut around 4,000 positions a year through 2017, decreasing the total number of Marines to 182,100 from its peak last year of 202,100, according to a major scale-down order that was quietly issued last year
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