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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Rummy want to be able to deploy the Active Military withour having to call up the reserves. In the current military design, that's impossible.

Exactly the point I was trying to make. Why should they be reserve units? Make them Active Units and then no problemo!!! But we no this will take an increase in active forces and I believe Congress has to approve the number increase.

15 posted on 07/14/2003 9:13:08 PM PDT by Terp (Retired US Navy now living in Philippines were the Moutains meet the Sea in the Land of Smiles)
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To: Terp
is will take an increase in active forces

Not if we're smart about contracting. For instance, the US Army has about 50,000 personnel clerks (CMF 71) on active duty. Visiting a personnel office is like going to the DMV -- stupid, apathetic people moving like a glacier with polio.

You could do the whole thing with a check to a contractor and 500 auditors and compliance clerks, for probably a quarter of the money (we are going to be paying these worthless Army clerks a pension for life... they will never take a risk, or fire a shot in anger... why?)

I was never in the Navy, so I can't speak to their way of doing things. I have dealt with an Air Force personnel office, and it was two people and a bunch of automation (the Army would have staffed an equivalent with a platoon of thirty to forty useless mouths to feed).

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

45 posted on 07/15/2003 7:10:18 PM PDT by Criminal Number 18F
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