Posted on Sep 27, 2013
What's the most important thing the military should do while going through this downsizing period?
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As the military enters a significant downsizing period, it's important to talk through relevant issues and solutions. Enter your response below, and if it gets the most Up votes, you win a free iPad Mini and we will personally deliver your thoughts to our Advisory Board, which includes retired Generals George Casey and Norton Schwartz, the recent Chiefs of Staff of the Army and Air Force, respectively.<div><br></div><div>Tip: Get all your friends to vote Up your response by the end of the contest on Oct 7, 2013.</div>
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Drawing down and tightening up after a war is something that the military has always had to do. Inter-war periods are an opportunity to kill off un needed and redundant programs and study the lessons learned. A tightened budget doesn't have to mean a loss of ability to carry out a mission. Many troops will tell you that a bloated structure is far worse than a lean, effective force.
Listening to the troops about what is needed is vital to determining the needs of the military.
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Prepare the service members for civilian jobs, and get companies to hire veterans.
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Getting veterans ready for jobs in the civilian sector. Try to get companies with jobs to actively seek veterans for their job openings.
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With the recent drawdown, Officers should clearly know where they stand amongst peers on the OERs to come which include mandatory quarterly or bi-annual counselings and an initial counseling. There is no easy way to tackle this.
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Support politicians who still believe that America as a
whole is more important than their own political careers or private agendas.
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Always consider the amount of training and loyalty that has come from the Military Member. If removed too early, you have wasted the resources to train which could be more then you save by eliminating the Military Member of Work Slot They fill.
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Do your job and keep your nose clean.That was my fathers advice when I enlisted a WW2 and Korean war Vet holds true to this day.
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I say let the people who don't want to be soldiers get out its plain and simple. If you can't adhere to the rules and regulations you need to go. APFT Failures if you fail 3 times back to back gone. All the policies and regulations are there for a reason if leaders held all their soldiers to 1 standard and 1 standard only and that is being a soldier that meets height and weight, follow rules and regulations, that has competence in their jobs and as while tactical side for the none tactical personnel, then the army would downsize itself. The issue now is before the army was trying to meet numbers and that's all basically left now is numbers and not soldiers.
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