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/the_end_of_stop.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:21:09 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Secretary Gates announced the Army was ending its use of the Stop Loss authority this year. So, I took an hour of vacation today and spent it with the Army G1, LTG Michael Rochelle, MG Gina Farrisee, Director, Military Personnel Management and a host of lesser luminaries of the MSM and Blog press. I'm going to make this short and sweet. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:17:26 -0600
What's your point?

[sits back with popcorn to see where *this* goes]]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-86017 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-86017 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:30:05 -0600 "I'm going to make this short and sweet."

Whew!  I'm glad.  
I can only imagine how many pixels it would take for *long and bitter*....
*snnnort*
0>:~}]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-85992 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-85992 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:47:27 -0600
Five hundered a month is about 150 bucks less than coverage under COBRA costs for laid off employees who need to keep their Health Insurance while they're looking for work-and that's cheaper than private insurance for unemployed vets who're too physically screwed up to find a job that pays a living wage AND has health care bennies.

So...you're right-it's a disgrace.  You're just wrong about HOW.
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-85972 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-85972 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:09:55 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-85970 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-85970 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:38:38 -0600
Don't confuse the $500 per month Stop Loss payment with the as-yet un-determined incentive payments for people to extend their enlistments.

Now, if you mean a re-institution of Stop Loss... different animal.  Like I said in the post - we're one crisis in the world (Mexico, anyone?) away from reimposing Stop Loss.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-85945 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-85945 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:50:19 -0600
makes good sense....

(now lets just watch how long that $500 offer holds out before it gets suspended)
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-85944 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/the_end_of_stop.html#comment-85944 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:21:39 -0600