{"id":35928,"date":"2013-06-02T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35928"},"modified":"2013-06-02T17:00:42","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T21:00:42","slug":"dempsey-ready-to-cut-stars-he-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35928","title":{"rendered":"Dempsey ready to cut stars he says"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that Marty Dempsey says that the Department of Defense is ready to cut admirals and generals from their rolls – 144, about 15%, is the number, but, it’s only the beginning in my opinion. They should cut about half along with their sergeant majors. In fact, they should cut every enlisted member who has served during combat without serving in combat and are currently in the pay grades of E-8 and E-9. They should fire every E-8 and E-9 who hasn’t served in a leadership position while in those pay grades.<\/p>\n

Dempsey also says that he will try to cut back on flag officers’ lavish lifestyle…and, oh, that was all Bush’s fault by the way;<\/p>\n

Though the DOD claimed money is not at the heart of the cuts, spending on officers has become excessive with the free flow of funds during wars, creating bad habits that need to be curbed, Dempsey said during a recent visit to Japan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got in the habit of surrounding general officers with a level of support that was probably excessive in some ways,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The perks for generals and admirals include lavish quarters, personal jets, chefs, speech writers, security details, aids and schedulers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s it going to look like if somebody sees you staying in the Ritz-Carlton \u2026 for four days and doing one hour\u2019s worth of work?\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, if they’re only doing an hours worth of work every four days, the math tells me that they can afford to cut 39 flag officers for every one they keep on the payroll. And how does a lavish lifestyle spring from a war? The Pentagon did that all by themselves, the decision makers making their own lives more comfortable – it has nothing to do with war, it has to do with self-serving pricks – and Marty Dempsey is their prince. <\/p>\n

It’s the kind of stuff that comes from a Secretary of Defense spending $36,000 every weekend to be with his family on the other side of the country and paying the taxpayers back $300 for the trouble, ya know, because he deserved it for all of the tough work he did slashing the shit out of Defense for his boss.<\/p>\n

Yes, the military life is going to be austere in the coming months and years, they don’t need to continue to pay those guys who’ve done their level best to avoid leadership positions in combat. They should endeavor to retain those who have experience in combat, those who haven’t made a career of being a self-serving pogue. There is no room in the lean days ahead for perfumed princes, but we already know who will get to stay on the train and who will be sent packing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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