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I think this is B.S. Hiring in people as high ranking officers will do nothing but lower the morale even lower than it is.
1 posted on 06/19/2016 12:14:49 PM PDT by BBell
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The Pentagon's controversial plan to hire military leaders off the street
2 posted on 06/19/2016 12:15:33 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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All part of the plan. Destroy our fine military. Now I see they want to replace it with one that will do as they say.


3 posted on 06/19/2016 12:17:24 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: BBell

They did a lot of this in World War II.


4 posted on 06/19/2016 12:17:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: BBell

Only if they raise and equip thier own regiments...


7 posted on 06/19/2016 12:18:50 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: BBell

From Wikipedia:

The political supervision of the Russian military was effected by the political commissar, who was introduced to every unit and formation, from company- to division-level, including the navy. Revolutionary Military Councils (or Revvoyensoviets- RVS) were established at army-, front-, fleet-, and flotilla-level, comprising at least three members — commander and two political workers. The political workers were denominated “members of the RVS”, not “commissars”, despite being official political commissars.


10 posted on 06/19/2016 12:21:03 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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Didn’t that already happen with obola as CinC?


11 posted on 06/19/2016 12:21:30 PM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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Not smart, Unless they paid their dues in the lower ranks they shouldn't be hired at an advanced grade. The only exception would be in the medical field.


12 posted on 06/19/2016 12:22:53 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Ping. What could possibly go wrong?


15 posted on 06/19/2016 12:24:07 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: BBell

All part of the plan to weaken America.


17 posted on 06/19/2016 12:25:05 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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The destruction of the U.S. military continues. It is about to hire it’s first illegal alien generals. Hey America! Don’t bother waking up, it’s already too late. Go back to sleep, dummy.


20 posted on 06/19/2016 12:28:24 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When was the last time you heard a celebrity say, If Trump wins, I'm moving to MEXICO!)
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I can reasonably see the logic, within the context of those specific disciplines mentioned, like cyber and logistics management. I would think it better to bring in those skilled workers as civilian contractors, instead of trying to make them officers. That might eliminate morale, compensation and chain of command issues.


21 posted on 06/19/2016 12:29:53 PM PDT by catbertz
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hire them as contractors wit NO rank or authority
23 posted on 06/19/2016 12:33:15 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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General Zuckerberg..?


25 posted on 06/19/2016 12:39:30 PM PDT by gaijin
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Basics, such as how to wear a uniform or knowing whom

Basics, such as how to wear a uniform or knowing whom to salute, could prove confounding for midcareer civilians wooed into military service, critics of the plan argue. (Photo: Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy/Army)

30 posted on 06/19/2016 12:42:50 PM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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I am sort of sympathetic. One of the most talented people I know went down to the recruiter in late 2004, height of the war in Iraq, and asked about his options. 39, great shape, two Ivy League degrees, three fluent languages, ran a desk of 50 guys on Wall Street and made seven figures consistently ... got told that he couldn’t get a commission but that maybe the National Guard could use him at E3 because of how many guys were being medicaled out after having their bells rung by IEDs on their deployment. In other words: we value your super-intelligence just up about to the point where it exceeds that of people with brain damage. That’s not the best use of human resources at war.


35 posted on 06/19/2016 1:00:20 PM PDT by only1percent ( who)
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This is a program to hire experts in very specific and technical areas. They’re not talking about hiring Colonels for the Infantry or Armor but for areas like IT and Space. Not a really big deal.


47 posted on 06/19/2016 2:12:14 PM PDT by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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To: BBell

Already have.

Called GS pay-grades. . .”up to GS-15” means up to colonel rank, and retired officers populate most GS positions in DoD.


48 posted on 06/19/2016 2:16:45 PM PDT by Hulka
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Active Duty ping.


55 posted on 06/19/2016 7:36:54 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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