I've been hearing rumors and reading stories for quite some time now about the draw-down of our military now that we are ending our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. There are a lot of people complaining for various reasons, but it's something that has to be done. Our country already spends a crap ton more than any other country on our military war machine. While I was in the army the effects of the draw-down were starting to be felt. I was stationed in Germany and the post I was at, was in the process of shutting down. Rules and regulations that were not really enforced in the past started to get attention in order to start moving people out of the army. Overweight...can't pass your PT test...you'll get processed out. I saw this happen with a few people while in Germany. This particular standard should have been enforced the entire time, but because of necessity it wasn't.
Now we are seeing more rules and regulations not allowing promotions or new recruits depending on the tattoos one bears. This has really pissed of quite a few people I know simply because tattoos and the military seem to go hand in hand. The latest news article I read talks about an entire helicopter squadron that is going to be inactivated at our local army base of JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McChord).
The Kiowa helicopter squadron is set to be inactivated. This consists of 400 soldiers that will no longer be at JBLM. While not a huge loss for the base and the community, it's probably just the start. You can check out the
original article I read here.
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