Join the Air Force, work for the Army... Thanks, Rummy!

[MrScorpio]

Of course, Bush supporters (Especially those with "Support The Troopz" stickers on their gazz-guzzling SUVs) will never see the implications behind this story.

This is further proof of Bush junta malfeasance, in their efforts to destroy the US Military. This can only mean one thing; that they are dedicated to putting more soldiers and marines into harm's way. The Pentagon's efforts to train and equip more Iraqi army and police battalions to handle security and fight the insurgency is failing miserably, despite BILLIONS of tax dollars spent.

Further more, it will no longer mean that the Army and USMC who will bear the brunt of the ongoing carnage. Societal cohesion is sure to break down even further in Iraq, fairly soon and everyone will be in imminent danger once the civil war goes full scale.

There is the question regarding taking thousands of highly trained Air Force personnel and forcing them to do jobs tradionally accomplished by other services, the story shows that the service is about to undergo a sea change as well.

Fact is that the US Army has been ruined beyond recognition... And now the Air Force is next.

October 11, 2005
latimes.com : National News

Airmen Fill the Gaps in Wartime
Thousands of Air Force personnel are being sent to Iraq and Afghanistan to perform low-tech roles and help the Army keep up force levels.

By Mark Mazzetti and Greg Miller, Times Staff Writers


WASHINGTON — Straining to find ground troops to maintain its force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon has begun deploying thousands of Air Force personnel to combat zones in new jobs as interrogators, prison sentries and gunners on supply trucks.

The Air Force years ago banked its future on state-of-the-art fighter jets and billion-dollar satellites. Yet the service that has long avoided being pulled into ground operations is now finding that its people — rather than its weapons — are what the Pentagon needs most as it wages a prolonged war against a low-tech, insurgent enemy.

Individual branches have spent decades carving out unique roles within the U.S. military, and Air Force officials insist that the redeployment of its personnel is temporary. Nonetheless, the reassignments come as another sign that the Pentagon is struggling to meet the demands of what military officials have begun calling "the long war."

EDITED BY ADMIN: COPYRIGHT

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-airforce11oct11,0,5242046.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. But I thought that Clinton destroyed military moral and decimated our

military? :sarcasm:

[MrScorpio]

4. Funny thing is that there are folks out there in uniform who feel that way

Some of them are even in uniform


They should be singing a different tune very soon

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Oh don't I know it!

I remember back during the "recount" of '00, how military families were so pissed about Clinton forcing them to be separated for extended periods and not giving them pay increases and being forced to honor him when he visited bases. They were so elated that ** was going to be the new CinC and they actually believed him when he said that he would make sure that they weren't put in harm's way and they would be able to spend more time with their families and he would make sure they had pay increases and better base housing. Me thinks they are singing a different tune now and wishing they hadn't backed **. That old adage, "careful what you wish for' seems to ring truer now than ever before. But maybe that's just me?

[MrScorpio]

6. Hmmmm. I wonder what they're saying these days?

I really do

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. So do I, but I doubt we will ever be privy to that info.

Transparency and all! :evilgrin: Gotta keep up appearances, however fake they might be! I give you GWB as the #1 example of that.

[MrScorpio]

9. It would be so easy to counter their Bush supporting bullshit

If they weren't so resistant to the facts

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. Or brain washed?

:shrug: They have been mislead and don't see it, or maybe they do, and the general public isn't allowed that info? Have we ever got an exact tally of how the military voted in '04? I don't recall seeing that info? With recruitment down and those in the military not wanting to re-up down as well, it would seen that many have caught on to the lies of the bush** maladministration "support the troops' fiasco

[MrScorpio]

12. Air Force folks are less partial to drinking Kool-Aid

But when I did run into a few, I found them to be generally stupid in other was as well

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. Ah yes, I was married to an Air Force Officer and he voted Dem

as did most of his peers. They, in general, weren't Kool-Aid drinkers. That was his most redeeming quality! :evilgrin:

[JohnnyBoots]

2. Konw if the Navy is at risk at all?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. Would you doubt it?

[BrotherBuzz]

8. Navy SEALs are pretty involved...

:shrug:

[Bravo411]

10. I've got a cousin in the Air Force Reserves ...

He was recently sent for what is suppose to be a four month deployment to an atoll somewhere in the Indian Ocean. They were told not to bring their green camo but their desert camo even though the place where he's going has jungle vegetation.

We all think that he'll end up in Iraq, which is a bad thing for the Iraqis and probably America's image. He's probably the most racist person I've ever known. The guy would probably shoot Iraqis just because they're Iraqis if he's given the chance.