Word: reenlistment
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...tacit acknowledgment that the Army is stretched too thin, he maintains in a section he entitles "The Thin Green Line." The service's failure to achieve its recruiting goal in 2005-the first time it has missed it since 1999-and hefty bonuses for soldiers to reenlist are further evidence of the Army's erosion, he writes...
...Many recognize that they are little more than an occupying, rather than a liberating, army. Half of troops responding in a recent survey by the Pentagon-funded newspaper Stars & Stripes said that morale was either low or very low in their units and that they did not plan to reenlist. One-third said they would characterize the war in Iraq as having little or no value. On Wednesday, Reuters reported the Army’s disclosure that at least 13 soldiers have committed suicide in Iraq. Despite these conditions—Bush, who himself avoided serving in Vietnam?...
...reductions would be both too small (military outlays would still rise by more than 14% above the current fiscal year) and wrongly focused. Hawks and doves joined in the worry that scrapping the pay increase would endanger the ability of the military forces to persuade skilled people to reenlist. They contended that the Administration might do better to cancel or delay some expensive weapons-buying programs. Even the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who were not consulted on the reductions, took that line. Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Gabriel grumbled to reporters that the Chiefs would prefer...
...additional 13 weeks of benefits, but kept the individual state triggers intact. It is estimated that 640,000 workers will not get such payments during fiscal year 1982, for a savings to the Government of $690 million. Also stopped were unemployment benefits for servicemen who choose not to reenlist. The rationale was that military service during peacetime is an occupation, and those who leave voluntarily are in effect quitting their jobs. Finally, the budget cuts virtually eliminated the extra benefits paid under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program. In December 1980, some 233,000 jobless were given such aid. Only...
Nunn: The authority of the sergeants and chief petty officers is being eroded. Officers today are charged with getting people to reenlist. Because of this, the officers are not backing up their top noncoms when they crack down on the troops -because the crackdowns hurt re-enlistment rates. When you talk to sergeants out there, the lack of discipline and the lack of being backed up when they try to instill discipline are things they bring up repeatedly...