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Theres an old saying that war is 99 percent boredom and 1 percent sheer terror.
Now that the war in Iraq is over, operations in Afghanistan are winding down and budget cuts are curtailing training missions, several Joint Chiefs told Congress on Monday theyre worried that their troops are bored.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said he recently met a group of young pilots who are eligible for an incentive bonus to stay in the force. Of that group, there were six to eight in the group, none of them had accepted the bonus to that point in time, Welsh told the Senate Armed Services Committee, during a hearing on the impact of sequestration. That doesn't necessarily mean they're planning to leave the Air Force, but it certainly means they're keeping their options open as a minimum.
By the way, it's not just pilots. I was at another base where a couple of very young airmen told me that they love the Air Force but they were bored, he said. Their particular squadrons were not flying. They were sitting on the ramp because of the reductions last year. And they said at the end of their enlistment they planned to find work that they thought was a little more exciting. I haven't heard anybody in our military say they were bored in quite some time, so that got my attention.
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niyad
(113,216 posts)msongs
(67,381 posts)gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)how about having them in natural disasters, bridge building etc? fuck war and fuck the military industrial complex.
warrant46
(2,205 posts)I can tell you all that the lifer military lives to Blow stuff up, witness parades and fly fast
gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)because I have seen them do so much more (stuff of value I mean)
warrant46
(2,205 posts)gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)my father's name is on the Wall
warrant46
(2,205 posts)gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)the fighting soldiers' needs IF a war breaks out!
Our soldiers don't stand alone on that battlefield..............
Uncle Joe
(58,338 posts)to nations stricken by natural disaster, ie: the Phillipines.
Thanks for the thread, n2doc.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Initech
(100,059 posts)Which would pay for itself one hundred million times over - *AND* actually make our country more secure in the process. Just sayin'!
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)He'll start one for sure.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)and Marines are going to have personnel cuts.
NickB79
(19,233 posts)You can get hooked on the rush of combat.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)Then cut their budget by a few hundred billion a year and lay off 50% of their employees. Those "bored soldiers" will have plenty to keep the busy.
Problem solved.
Buddha_of_Wisdom
(373 posts)International relations would be a wonder if a bomb was not exploded there and all of Abu Sayyaf terrorists have passed away from the typhoon.
2naSalit
(86,508 posts)it's been a well known fact for some time...
mwrguy
(3,245 posts)They can go be bored on someone else's dime.