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Home Front: Politix
Hagel hints at military pay cuts
2013-04-04
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called for the Defense Department to be organized more efficiently than it was under Ronald Reagan after raising the possibility of cuts in pay and benefits for military members.
Meanwhile, we're hiring community organizers in the Treasury Department at up to $48 per hour to sign people up for Obamacare.
Hagel blamed the prospective cuts on sequestration. "[F]iscal realities demand another hard look at personnel -- how many people we have both military and civilian, how many we need, what these people do, and how we compensate them for their work, service, and loyalty with pay, benefits and health care," Hagel said at the National Defense University today.

He also hinted at cutting jobs for military brass. "The last major defense re-organization, Goldwater-Nichols, was drafted at the height of the Reagan defense buildup and focused on improving jointness and establishing clear operational chains of command," Hagel said. "Cost and efficiency were not major considerations . . . Today the operational forces of the military -- measured in battalions, ships, and aircraft wings -- have shrunk dramatically since the Cold War era. Yet the three and four star command and support structures sitting atop these smaller fighting forces have stayed intact, with minor exceptions, and in some cases they are actually increasing in size and rank."
Posted by:Fred

#4  From Michaels Yon's Facebook page:

Army Plans To Involuntarily Retire 'Excess' Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels

The Army plans to convene an "early retirement board" in August to tap many of the service's colonels and lieutenant colonels for involuntary retirement, according to an internal message from Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno and Army Secretary John McHugh.

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Posted by: trailing wife   2013-04-04 12:41  

#3  Very troubling, very troubling indeed. Fok the generals, all of this could eventually lead to the Command Sergeant Major losing his staff car, blanket TDY orders, and parking slot at the DFAC.

[sarc off]
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-04-04 09:48  

#2  Today the operational forces of the military -- measured in battalions, ships, and aircraft wings -- have shrunk dramatically since the Cold War era. Yet the three and four star command and support structures sitting atop these smaller fighting forces have stayed intact, with minor exceptions, and in some cases they are actually increasing in size and rank.

Good, he can start by reducing the number/ratio of general officers to troops. That in turn will shave the entire structure back to a more pyramid distribution of ranks. Let loose the hounds of bureaucratic empires upon the public - to whine and cry to protect their fiefdoms. Watch the lie, that the military doesn't lobby Congress, exposed before you as they fight for their 'piece of the action'.
Posted by: Procopius2k    2013-04-04 09:11  

#1  And we wonder in total amazement at North Korea continuing to act in such a belligerent manner.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-04-04 04:11  

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