Indeed it does DR. I know a substantial number of retired officers and enlisted men. I still work with several including one of my best friends, a retired light Col. Like me, they are concerned about today’s soldier and the orders they will comply with. Crime seems lost in emotion.
The NG folks I work with are particularly concerned that they're losing their Apache gunships to the Regular Army force structure, and that their gunship units are being *transformed* into Blackhawk-equipped troop carriers. Combined with the probable forthcoming loss of Air Force A10 ground support assets, the Guard and Reserve units will become meaty speed bumps should they have to go up against anything larger than a company-sized armor adversary- even one equipped with obsolete or obsolescent armored vehicles.