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PoiBoy

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3. They will just stop loss those soldiers...
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 05:03 PM
Feb 2017
https://www.thebalance.com/military-stop-loss-3345246

Stop-loss is the extension of a military person's term in the Guard, Reserves or active duty beyond what their normal separation date.

Congress first gave stop-loss authority to the Department of Defense right after the draft ended. However, the military did not use the authority until the 1990/1991 Gulf War, when President George H. W. Bush imposed stop-loss on the military during the Gulf War. This stop-loss was later revised to include only those deployed and individuals in certain critical job skills.

President Clinton imposed stop-loss at the beginning of the Bosnia deployment and during the Kosovo Air Campaign. Stop-loss was also imposed for a brief period following the 9/11 attacks, and then again in 2002 and 2003.

Dubya used stop loss on a lot of our soldiers... that's why in those days at least you heard of soldiers serving four rotations or more in active combat zones...





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