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DOD gegevens: Meer gedwongen om in Leger te blijven

Woensdag, 23 April, 2008

forced.jpgDoor Tom Vanden Brook |

Het leger heeft zijn beleid van onvrijwillige uitbreidingen van plicht versneld om zijn troepenniveaus, ondanks Defensie de orde van Robert Secretaresse Gates' te ondersteunen om het vorig jaar te beperken, tonen de verslagen van het Pentagoon.

De poorten gaven opdracht aan de voorzitter van de Gezamenlijke Leiders van Personeel en de de dienstsecretaresses om verplichte reisuitbreidingen te minimaliseren, die als „eindeverlies worden bekend,“ in Januari 2007. Tegen Mei, was het aantal militairen die door het beleid worden beïnvloed aan driejarige laag van 8.540 gedaald.

Sedertdien nam het aantal militairen dat wordt gedwongen om in het Leger te blijven 43% tot 12.235 in Maart toe. De afhankelijkheid van eindeverlies is gestegen aangezien de militairen meer troepen naar Irak en uitgebreide reizen aan 15 maanden hebben gestuurd om een escalatie in de V.S. te steunen. krachten die door President Bush worden bevolen. De verhoging werd vorige maand door de behoefte gedreven om meer Nationale militairen van de Wacht naar Irak te sturen.

De militairen die door eindeverlies nu worden beïnvloed dienen gemiddeld, extra 6.6 maanden, zei de de perssecretaresse Geoff Morrell van het Pentagoon. De zeer belangrijke leiders op het klein-eenheidsniveau - sergeanten door sergeanten eerste klasse - maken omhoog 45% van die militairen. De militairen werven typisch voor stints van vier jaar aan.

De „poorten van de secretaresse begrijpt het verlies van het ontberingseinde aan onze troepen en hun families stelt, maar hij begrijpt ook de behoefte om samenhangende eenheden op het slagveld door plaatsing te handhaven,“ bovengenoemde Morrell. De „troepen die samen hebben opgeleid en samen gevochten zouden samen moeten blijven.“

De tendens is alarmerend, bovengenoemd Rep. Christopher Shays, r-Conn., die een brief op 17 April aan Poorten aansporend hem „in de sterkste termen“ schreef om eindeverlies te beperken.

Vorig jaar, schreven Shays en drie andere leden van het Huis Poorten een gelijkaardige brief zeggend zij over het gebruiken van het beleid om krachten voor de zogenaamde schommeling te ondersteunen betrokken waren. Het kwetst moreel, belast troepen' families, beschadigt de geloofwaardigheid van militaire leiders en bedreigt het aanwerven, schreven zij.

Het verlies van het einde kan een militair in de dienst houden als zijn of haar eenheid binnen 90 dagen na het eind van de verplichting van de militair opstelt. Het is noodzakelijk, zegt het Leger, om de integriteit van eenheden te handhaven die aan oorlog worden geleid. Over het geheel genomen, zijn 58.300 militairen beïnvloed door eindeverlies sinds 2002, volgens het Leger. That’s about 1% of active duty, Reserve and National Guard troops. For the 3rd Infantry Division, which is responsible for a portion of Iraq south of Baghdad, about 1,500 of its 22,500 soldiers is serving under stop loss, according to Maj. Alayne Conway.

Shays said the nation needs a bigger Army. In the meantime, he urges the Pentagon to press more personnel from the Air Force and Navy into Army jobs.

PENTAGON MEMO:Army’s response to minimizing stop loss (pdf)

The policy shows the Army is “unraveling a bit” while “under tremendous strain,” said Rep. Joe Sestak, a Pennsylvania Democrat and retired vice admiral. Sestak, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said relying on stop loss could be masking problems the Army is having with recruiting.

“We don’t have the individual in terms of quality or quantity to take that next individual’s place so that he could finish his tour and go home,” Sestak said. “This is five years into the war. I don’t think this is insignificant.”

James Martin, a social work professor at Bryn Mawr College and retired Army colonel, said stop loss is the result of an Army that’s too small to meet its commitments in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Sergeants are often most affected.

“These are the guys who bear the brunt of it,” Martin said. “They just get put back into the grinder continually.”

In January 2007, Gates wrote to secretaries of the services and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that included a directive to submit plans to “minimize the use of Stop Loss.” In reply, then-Army secretary Francis Harvey wrote that the Army would pay soldiers facing stop loss $300 extra per month “to extend their enlistment to complete their deployment.”

PENTAGON MEMO: Gates addresses stop loss (pdf)

Harvey wrote that the plan “could reduce the number of soldiers affected by (stop loss) by as much as 50%.” Soldiers who didn’t take the pay, he added, would still be subject to involuntary extension.

Lt. Gen. James Thurman, Pentagon deputy chief of staff for operations, said Monday he hoped the Army could put a stop to mandatory extensions by fall 2009.

Although some soldiers say they understand the reasons for stop loss, it doesn’t boost morale, said Robert Sauder, 24, a staff sergeant who was involuntarily retained in 2006 when he was preparing to leave the service. By then, he’d spent 13 months in Afghanistan. Then he spent 15 months in Iraq.

Sauder, of Baroda, Mich., said he “was pretty sour about the whole situation.”

Near Kirkuk, he and his comrades dodged rockets, mortars and roadside bombs. “It ended up pretty good for me and my guys. We made it back alive.”

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  1. steve k
    Posted: Apr 24th, 2008 at 5:19 am | Link to this

    I would suggest that the reason for this is that thanks to the ALTERNATIVE MEDIA ( i really dislike that term but heh for want of a better word ) people are getting the message that your governments DONT CARE ABOUT YOU and do not expect to be looked after once you have done your duty , because they wont , they dont give a crap about you . Stack supermarket shelves , work in construction your job may suck like hell but at least you wont get your leg blown off in the process ! . Keep the alternative media going by posting or at least spread the word . Its a very small step too ensure that we keep our freedoms and civil liberties or at least try too . Never underestimate the power of a well timed and well placed NO!!! .

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