[Route101]

..."Parents," said one recruiter in Ohio who insisted on anonymity because the Army ordered all recruiters not to talk to reporters, "are the biggest hurdle we face."....the biggest hurdle the recuiters face is the nightly news interviewing each family of each soldier killed and gladly putting it on tv every day......Here in Seattle it starts with...Another soldier was killed today...Well, I wonder if those killed are being honored at all on the nightly news......

[Kitanis]

""The Air Force just in the last year forced out 20,000 airmen because they were over manned. Retention in the AF is at an all-time high.""

"They should have built more planes instead"

The USAF does not build aircraft.. they buy them with the blessing of congress in defense authorizations. So if you want more planes.. tell your congressman :_)

But I am in the Air Force.. and Force Shaping is a fact of life right now. But I only know about 20 or 30 airmen who have gotten out due to it.