Gould,

You just don't get it. Probably because you don't know anything about the
subjct at hand. Soldiers who left active duty 15-20 plus years ago no
longer have any reserve obligation. I think it's pretty unkind of you to
refer to seasoned professionals as the "geezer brigade". I don't know your
age but I seriously doubt you could begin to keep up with this 64 year old
geezer.

It's absolutely true that we have no excess troop strength. We are way
undermanned for the missions assigned regardless of what Donald Rumsfeld
says is true. The guy has been a disaster for our military by stating over
and over that we don't need more soldiers. Thank goodness the congress is
going to force the secretary to accept higher manning levels.

For guys like you the military is all about politics. What you fail to
understand is that for a soldier it's all about duty.

Butch Davis

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
snip Calling out the geezer brigade, (some of whom "volunteered" maybe
15-20 plus
years ago and have been inactive for a very long time), isn't
"technically" a
draft.....it's just yarding in a bunch of civilians who would really
rather be
somewhere else and doing something else. People who have already served.

Extending tours of duty, calling up the National Guard, activating the
Reserves, and recalling ex-military doesn't create an impression that
we've got
any excess troop strength.