We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/hmmm_wonder_whe.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:21:10 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification From a DoD Press Release:End to Stop Loss Announced The Department of Defense announced today a comprehensive plan to eliminate the current use of Stop Loss, while retaining the authority for future use under extraordinary circumstances. This is an important step along the path in adapting the Army into an expeditionary force. The Army Reserve and Army National Guard will mobilize units without employing Stop Loss beginning in August and September 2009, respectively. The Regular (active duty) Army will deploy its first unit without Stop Loss by January 2010. For soldiers Stop Lossed during fiscal 2009, the department will provide... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/hmmm_wonder_whe.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/hmmm_wonder_whe.html Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:31:01 -0600 I'm on a telcon with LTG Rochelle - and I asked the IRR question, and some others. I'll do a write up. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/hmmm_wonder_whe.html#comment-85934 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/hmmm_wonder_whe.html#comment-85934 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:43:00 -0600
as for that $500 Stop Loss Special Pay...   i give it about 15 minutes of run time before it gets suspended for the duration (as in the manner of how they were going to be tracking individual soldiers' OPTEMPO mobilized time, and then kicking them some bucks when the had spent a large amount of time deployed away from home station)...
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