"It's indeed a sad day when incredible news like this bores the living H*** out of a conservative forum"
In my opinion, the fun thing about this site is debate and controversy. There is no controversy here. 99% of Freepers agree this is good news, so what we get is 200 posts of "go Army" "God Bless the Troops" - Nice sentiments yes, but I don't need to read them 200 times.
By the way, I'm in iraq right now, deployed with a National Guard unit, and our re-enlistment rates are solid too.
On this topic suffice it to say that we'll have to disagree. This is a long-running occurrence that goes far beyond this thread. There never seems to be a problem with getting 5,000 views on a gossip thread or 8,500 posts on an American Idol thread.
Stay focused and stay safe. God bless!