It’s a huge mistake to be downsizing our military at this time. We are going to need it, sooner than later I think. As a Vietnam vet who rose to the prestigious rank of “Speedy 4” during my three year tenure I was not personally affected by the RIF process. In fact, when my enlistment was nearing end, I was calked in by my CO for his obligatory reup speech; we both had a chuckle and that was that. But, about the high number of captains being RIF’ed, captain is the grade just prior to field grade of major which is the demarcation line for the army when deciding whether or not an individual is career material or not. If ones evaluations have been mediocre, passed over, etc, then that officer is at high risk of being RIF’ed. Also, If said officer still has a reserve commission and hasn’t been made regular army he/she is at risk. However, being notified while serving in a combat zone is uncalled for. With everyone’s files now loaded in a computer database this dirt of thing should be easy enough to screen for.
It's incomprehensible that trained, patriotic military are being let go at this time. Someone posted yesterday that we might well already be in WW3, and it's a true world war. Historians will look back and decide which situation led to the inescapable slide into chaos.
The US won't even have the military strength to defend the homeland, if the DC crowd ever decide to do so.
Thank you for enlightening me.
The only thing a person should get while serving in a combat zone is 100% of our support.