To jump in with my own experiences. Under the Clinton administration it seemed that the "dumb grunt" perception was furthered. Operational tempo was at an all time high (Somalia, Haiti, Eastern Europe, Korea, Kuwait, Saudi and so on) yet budgets were being cut left and right. Training budgets (field time, bullets, fuel for aircraft to practice airborne insertions) were down, promotions were down, people were being RIFd (reduction in force, fired basically, laid off). You really had to scrape to get good gear, and had to buy a lot of your own stuff.
There was also a more negative mentality about the military by the government in general. Clinton wasn't allowed to Ft. Bragg for fear he would have been assassinated. When my unit had to assist with presidential security in the middle east during a summit we weren't allowed to be visible to him or his staff. That administration needed us, but it didn't want to see us. > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:03 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Election Day Results Thread > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Understand I love the military very much, not because I get > to wear a > > uniform and everyone thanks me, but because I just love soldiering. > > And that is what bothers me so much, that this institution that has > > been so good to me is going to do down again. I honestly > hope it does > > not though. > > > > Bruce > > > > Bruce, I know that military spending was cut under Clinton, > and generally speaking this seems to be the > case....Republicans spend more on military, Democrats > generally cut military budgets. > > But can you get into some of the specifics as to why your > military service was so miserable under Clinton, and what > specific outcomes you fear from the Obama campaign? Is it all > just a matter of dollars and cents? > > -- > I'm only one, but not alone > My finest day, is yet unknown > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278552 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
