Re: Chop soldiers' pay and benefits to save F-22, Guard commander suggests.


"Henry J Cobb" <hcobb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pentagon plans to put new ships, planes and armored vehicles into the
field are threatened by one thing that can get only bigger: the cost of
its own people.

So the National Guard's top commander, Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum, offers a
radical solution: fewer active-duty soldiers and many more less-expensive
part-timers.
...
The typical enlisted guardsman, who is on full-time duty just 45 to 53
days a year, costs $13,275 annually, National Guard spokesman Manny
Pacheco said. Guardsmen not mobilized for active-duty service won't
require federal health and childcare or military housing.

I read that article this morning and just shook my head. That was the same
thinking during the 80's & 90's that shifted a lot of the "support" roles to
the Guard and Reserve. It looks like too much was shifted and now the
duties are similar to Active Duty as far as workload, deployments, etc. The
article, at least to me, came across more of a "how to outsource the
military" mindset than anything else. It will be interesting to hear what
comes out of the DoD since the article was posted.

Mike

USAF Retired (''82-'05)


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