re: Army "discovers loophole" - extends officers service 3 years

All true and why the Army is going to be hurting in a couple years. Hurting badly.

My son sat with the unit CSM and laid out the risk and mentioned to the CSM a 50% probable separation rate in the next 18 months and when the CSM challenged the number my son informed him if he’s off he is estimating low not high.

The Army better figure it out fast because it’s going to be gutted of war fighters.

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The Army better figure it out fast because it’s going to be gutted of war fighters.

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I've seen arguments that it already is, and not just the Army.

During war (on terror or otherwise) the stats couldn't be clearer. Middle class white kids enlist, and they enlist in combat MOS's. We're largely out of the terrorist hunting business outside the drone world and even if we weren't that demographic started asking questions about who they were fighting for a long time ago.

So during peacetime you get fewer white middle class males, and you get people who just want job options or haven't made of their mind about life. They do 4 to 10 years, they avoid combat arms if they can because that doesn't help them in their later civilian job life, and a lot of them aren't remotely interested in risking anything for the country.

Not a new "loophole". During the Cuban Missle Crisis in the early 60s a friend was an officer in the Navy stationed at Gitmo and his term was almost over, the Navy extended him for two years.

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If you are fine with being court martialed and maybe going to prison, sure give it a go.

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Unless all of them do it it'll be more difficult to get political pressure to stop it. I agree with the sentiment, though. A Republic not able to get enough volunteer militia is probably not worth defending.

I wonder when the leftists will start pushing for a draft again. They also see it as a good indoctrination tool.