Everyone was
told the war was going to end in
2014. You were told this was your last deployment to Afghanistan. You were told
a lot of things, now your being told that even after 2014, we will have warriors
in harm’s way. My thought, if the war is over all of a sudden in 2014 by some “magical
reason”, why wouldn’t we bring all the troops home? If it’s not over, why are
leaving a small footprint to remain compounded with the sequestration, it doesn’t
sound like a lot of fun…..or very safe. However, we brought all of the troops
out of Iraq right? Ya, they are out of Iraq and they all moved back into Kuwait, sitting waiting in case
they have to go back. I can see this happening in Afghanistan, they will be out
of Helmond but we will really be out of Afghanistan? Doesn’t sound like it.
The sequestration is upon us
(deadline March 1) and for all purposes it’s going to happen. Your
military, DOD workers, contractors and especially military families are going
to suffer from the cuts that are initiated by the government.
"However,
its going to hurt "you" non military people as well"
I’ve mentioned herewhat was already identified
to happen with your military and honestly folks, that’s just the tip of
the iceburg. The Marine Corps alone is going to be cut well below the norm and
perhaps even further some defense representatives say. When military
branches are cut, they men & women that fill those branches will suffer (as
we have already seen with 20,000 Marines hitting the road this month).
Furthermore, those military families suffer as well as noted here.
You may have
watched it live, or even on tv. I did not. Nor did I watch the Oscar awards but
that could be a separate post all together. Many did watch the 57th
Presidential Inauguration January 21, 2013, at
11:55 AM. Many people noticed something different
this year. Something they thought was strange. Many posted about how the
Marines did not have bolts in the M1s while marching and that the Marines might not even be Marines.
Ok, I’ll bite, I had dismissed this email/website (very bottom of this post)as soon as I read
it. Then, numerous emails came into my inbox asking me if this was legit. My
findings, no, the VA isn’t hammering vets to take away their guns. No Marines,
sailors I know on the east or left coast or even veterans out of the service
have received these as the email promulgates its mass distribution.
Did this person actually get this letter from the VA?
Perhaps, and perhaps he needs to be restrained from firearms, I don’t know his
situation. What I do know, is this should not prevent any warrior that needs help
from getting it. If your a reader and you know of the "masses" recieving these and could put me in touch with them, then I may change my mind. However, until then, I would say this is a far and few situation.
This post is to give you the reader all of the info to make
an educated decision) They sky isn’t falling,
not yet at least.
Gen Allen retires.
You heard it here on OMV (back on Feb 15). However, its strange. Gen Allen is a great person and
even better Marine. He’s like that of Gen Mattis, a Marines’ Marine. I’ve posted in other articles how America is losing
its best officers. Why do you suppose that is? There is a common trend, its not
a need of a war, because we are actually still at war which makes this even
more interesting as you warriors know the need for great leadership in time of
war. Some are saying they are being forced out. Being driven out of the
military doesn’t discriminate with rank, many, many great warriors are leaving
your military and those running this country know this. You will be missed Sir.....
You have heard
of the reports, how 20,000 Marines and perhaps up to 300,000 civilian
government workers have been and will be furloughed “fired” this month
alone.
What does the military
drawdown “sequestration”
mean for your servicemembers,servicemember family members and our future?
The internal attack on our
military comes at the worst time ever. Correct, the US down sized its military
after WWII and even the Vietnam War and Cold war but to downsize it during the
current war on terror, which is still currently under way for those that forgot
that every day warriors are kicking butt in Afghanistan. Although, America has drawn down its forces in
the past “after” a war, even then it quickly regretted it. Some may argue that we have to cut spending to
balance the national budget. I would agree however does it make any sense to
aim half of the proposed federal cuts onto the military when the military
represents one fifth of our federal spending? (Note: many cuts are being justified to support other federal efforts
i.e. Obama care instead of balancing the national budget)
