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To: unclewest who wrote (103179)3/3/2005 3:36:08 PM
From: robert a belfer  Read Replies (1) of 793926
 
<I don't see any conflict between what I've been saying and that article. It projects the future. I have been posting what has been happening in the very recent past.>

Your phrase "smoke machine" suggests to me an attempt to cover up an inability to make their recruiting goals. If that is incorrect, never mind. The fact is, the USN has been down sizing for a # of years. Early retirements have been around at least since 1993.

<I still like the idea of training excess Navy and USAF folks to fight like Infantry.>
:o)

I do not have time to read every post on this thread, so I do not know if the above smilie face represents a joke or not. It is a fact that there is a program to convert sailors in overmanned rating to ground pounders.
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