The Pentagon is currently firing thousands of soldiers experienced in the field of battle due to mandatory spending cuts.
For example, around 2,600 captains and other officers have been told ‘take a hike’ after risking their lives for all of us a soon as they leave their posts in Afghanistan.
Obama is weakening our military in many ways. A couple of examples would be…in the past few years he’s fired 200 of our top commanders for flimsy reasons and has eliminated highly successful programs like the Tomahawk missile. While at the same time he’s hiring illegal aliens into the military that he’s firing experienced soldiers.
Why would you fire experienced soldiers and hire illegal aliens that look like they couldn’t even pass the physical exam?
No legitimate president would weaken our military under any condition.
The Pentagon is laying off thousands of military officers, including those serving or who have recently served in Afghanistan.
Defense Department officials said the reductions are the result of mandatory spending cuts imposed by sequestration and are part of their larger plan to reduce the number of U.S. soldiers from 520,000 to 450,000.
Roughly 2,600 captains and other officers have or will be laid off, with more expected, Fox News learned Friday.
The decision to send pink slips to soldiers overseas on active duty is dangerous and bad for morale, says retired Major Gen. Robert Scales.
“It puts the soldier, the soldier’s family and the men under his command at risk,” said Scales, a Fox News contributor. “Young officers look at each other and wonder who is next.”
He said the Pentagon made a similar move after the Vietnam War.
The Army said the draw-down plan “is a balanced approach that maintains readiness while trying to minimize turbulence within the officer corps.”
On Thursday, Gen. John Campbell told Congress that 1,100 soldiers, including some currently serving in Afghanistan, would receiving pink slips due to sequestration budget cuts to the Defense Department.
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MR. PRESIDENT, WHY ARE YOU FIRING EXPERIENCED SOLDIERS & REPLACING THEM WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS ? WHEN YOU WERE RE~HIRED, WE TRUSTED YOU TO DO THE BEST FOR OUR COUNTRY . HOW CAN THIS ‘ BE THE BEST FOR OUR COUNTRY ‘ ?
What a bunch of racist you people are…Bush was such a bad President and Cheney was behind 911…but because Obama is black all you do is attack !
OBAMA IS AFRICAN CITIZEN… HE IS WHAT ENGLAND SAID HE IS KING..; AND ENGLAND CLAMS AFRICANS COUNTRYS AS THERE GOVERNMENT;;; ALSO CANDA ANONCED JOINING ENGLAND TO WAGE WAR ON AMERICA..–BUSHS ARE IN ON THID WITH ENGLAND..
Robert Hyche I agree with you he got something plan to stay in office by declaring martial law
this is the plan of a socialist president…obumble….the pentagon….where is it’s voice in all of this?
I hope they come home help us throw Obama out of the White House.
Think about it he traded 5 terrorist for a TRAITOR
Yet Obama asking 4 billion to take care of all illeagals flooding in- medical-housing-food-education- yet can’t pay our troops- democrats have allowed this —-muslim man in office to take down America-and he is-
the less college raise idiot officers in the military the better the sargents run things not officers
A TRAITOR that cause the death of Real American Heroes and this TRAITOR hasn’t been charge with no military crimes .
its about time for the rest of the government to over ride this type of c**p and seend oblammer to hell