Congress Must Scrap Generous DoD Benefits For Future Forces: Rep. Hunter

Congress Must Scrap Generous DoD Benefits For Future Forces: Rep. Hunter
Congress Must Scrap Generous DoD Benefits For Future Forces: Rep. Hunter

WASHINGTON: Career soldiers can retire at 42, get a great deal on Tricare health insurance, take home a pension, and get paid a good private-sector salary on top of that. That can’t continue to be the norm for the military and Congress must create a two-tier pay system, says Rep. Duncan Hunter, Marine Corps reservist…

Army To Sacrifice GCV To Stave Off ‘Creeping Hollowness’

Army To Sacrifice GCV To Stave Off ‘Creeping Hollowness’
Army To Sacrifice GCV To Stave Off ‘Creeping Hollowness’

WASHINGTON: “It’s not his call,” the Army general said. The general was the Army’s director of strategy, plans, and policy, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow. “He” is the Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. James Winnefeld, Snow’s superior by two stars and about three layers of bureaucracy. And “it”? “It” is all about how…