WHAT HAVE WE BECOME? – AT 9:03 A.M. ET:  This may be Barack Obama's America, but it isn't mine...or yours.  From Fox: 

The Pentagon is laying off thousands of military officers, including those serving or who have recently served in Afghanistan.

Defense Department officials said the reductions are the result of mandatory spending cuts imposed by sequestration and are part of their larger plan to reduce the number of U.S. soldiers from 520,000 to 450,000.

Roughly 2,600 captains and other officers have or will be laid off, with more expected, Fox News learned Friday.

The decision to send pink slips to soldiers overseas on active duty is dangerous and bad for morale, says retired Major Gen. Robert Scales.

“It puts the soldier, the soldier’s family and the men under his command at risk,” said Scales, a Fox News contributor. “Young officers look at each other and wonder who is next.”

He said the Pentagon made a similar move after the Vietnam War.

The Army said the draw-down plan “is a balanced approach that maintains readiness while trying to minimize turbulence within the officer corps.”

COMMENT:  What a disgrace.  What a way to thank our best.  We train these men and women, send them into harm's way, then discard them.  General Scales is right.  It is terrible for morale, and what must West Point and ROTC cadets be thinking.  It is very easy to develop a hollow force.  We're doing it, and the left must be celebrating.

July 14, 2014