and the purge continues ... Has a democrat anywhere said, “It’s for the children”?
It's not a purge. It's a direct result of today's Obamaconomy. People who would've normally gotten out after their time was up are re-enlisting because there isn't much in the civilian world with the pay and bennies we're getting in the military. Combine this with drawdowns and there's little choice but to give service members of all ranks pink slips.
We went through this in the Navy a couple years back and it has been devastating to our manpower. We have the same missions to do and far less assets to do them with.