It could easily have happened to me. The have been cutting the numbers since I joined in 1987. When I came in the Navy there were over 600k but today there are 320k and they want to bring this number to around 309k. This is not new by a long shot. If it was up to you, we would still have over 600k. Each service was made huge by Reagan and immediately when Bush I came into office he started cutting and it has not stopped.
“This is not new by a long shot. If it was up to you, we would still have over 600k. Each service was made huge by Reagan and immediately when Bush I came into office he started cutting and it has not stopped.”
Then can them when they are younger and can start over in a new career. Not when they are a few years away from retirement. And the way the military is set up, you’ll be left holding the financial empty bag. Feel very lucky it didn’t happen to you, tough guy, or I suspect you’d be singing a very different song.