Army "discovers loophole" - extends officers service 3 years

You can trust your government.

Just quit

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The army says they are contracted for 3 more years. Saying I quit isn’t really an option.

They're crashing a lot as well...I'm sure it has nothing to do with going woke, compromising readiness and so forth. Army just ordered a stand down for aviation units.

Sounds like a stop-loss. Uncle Sam can extend you if it's deemed necessary for the security of the country. Military did it in '01 in order to prep for war.

It's not a loophole. It's spelled out pretty clear in everyone's contracts...

This isn’t a stop loss. Read the article. When USMA cadets were graduating back in the mid 2000s Big Army started doing stuff like offering guaranteed choice of branch, first assignment, or even specialized schools…yes, you could be guaranteed getting aviation, or getting Fort Bragg, or getting Ranger School but you’d owe Uncle Sam time. The promise was that it would be served concurrently and not consecutively with other ADSOs (active duty service obligations). Army change the rules midstream and now are sticking it to junior officers. Aviation comes with an ADSO for flight school which is why it affects those guys more than infantry, armor, etc. Bottomline is the Army is breaking faith with its Soldiers. That’s bullshite. Everyone of these young men and women are professionals but they are human too. You can’t treat people like they don’t matter or they will walk. Soldiers are in tight knit units. They work hard and they play hard. They all know one another. They all care about one another. What affects one, affects all. It’s a ripple effect of young people realizing the big green machine doesn’t give two shits less about them. Brother, this has been my life and it ain’t what it was when I started. I feel for these youngsters. They deserve leaders not politicians.

Maybe they can just pretend to be ghey or trans and get out like Klinger from MASH. Oh wait....that's promotable now.

Fully behind you (and not in the Navy way.) French Foreign Legion seems like a better option at this point, because they seem to be completely beyond bullshite. Kids go SOCOM, or they're in the green machine of garbage.

Just remember, they will end up going to University, and not even be able to field strip an automatic weapon, and they probably still won't be able to spell either way :).

That "middle management" is incredibly important to hold onto. Reason is that if you need to rapidly grow your force in order to counter a contingency then simply put those captains and staff sergeants are really the ones who you need. Privates/Specialists/Lieutenants can all be made relatively quickly. You really only need so many Sergeants Major/Master Sergeants/Colonels/Lieutenant Colonels if you are trying to grow your force. It's the bubbas in the middle that 1) are the ranks you need to grow out units and 2) have the time vested in the military to have the experience you require to field an effective combat force quickly if you are rapidly expanding your forces. I'd offer that captains and staff sergeants are the most important ranks in the Army and if need to go toe to toe with a peer or near-peer competitor.

Army aviation officers are a joke and don't get much flight time...that goes to the Warrant Officers. The officers in Army Aviation are mainly staff pukes.