There was a RIF in 1989-1991. I know. I got caught in it.
Four thousand is an ominous number; 5K was the body count they looked for back then.
The criterion for separation in the 89-91 RIF was simple: they went by Commission Source. Anyone who was not USMA was on the chopping block. I wonder what their “criterion” will be this time...
Reading the article, it states “Those officers with over 15 years of service who leave before their 20th year of active service will receive the same benefits as those who served two decades, but at a reduced pay rate.”
The “Golden Parachute” was offered to the 89-91 RIF as well. But today, the retirement benefits are being gutted by the gutless GOPe.
Taken alone, by itself, this MIGHT be a passing thing, devastating to the 4,000 but not to the overall force. But when you tie it in with the other events:
* the slashing of retirement bennies by the CONgress;
* the 157 USAF majors who got the axe;
* the three dozen or so targeted reliefs of senior officers;
THEN it starts to get ominous.
Others on this thread have mentioned another point as well: the target of this RIF is the seasoned leadership at the company level - and anyone who can remember a time before Odinga. Remember that Leftists do nothing sudden and swift; they use incrementalism to achieve their aims. When you look at it all together, this is “death by a hundred cuts”.
I’m guessing the civilian army - “a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded “ - is almost ready...
Anyone who does not support the "won" 100% will get the axe. They probably have their "spies" asking for disparaging remarks made by potential one on the chopping block.
“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” Barack Hussein Obama, 7/2/2008They don’t call it a Civil Defense force, that would imply we need (or perhaps that we deserve) defense. The official name is National Civilian Community Corps.
I think of it as the NatCCC, or simply the NatCs...