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As an Army veteran affected by the stop loss policy during the war in Iraq, I thought this would interest my fellow veterans:
A U.S. military spokesman says the U.S. Army’s use of involuntary combat duty extensions, known as stop loss, will probably continue through 2009.
Army Lt. Col. Mike Moose told USA Today that the number of soldiers affected by stop loss will remain at about 12,000 next year, the same number as last month.
Stop loss peaked in 2005 at more than 15,000 troops and fell to 8,500 in May 2007 after U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered that involuntary extensions be minimized.
Some call stop loss the illegal extension of military contracts to boost troop levels. Others call it at “back door draft”. I call it bull-shit. But that’s just this simple vets opinion.
Not sure what stop loss is? Check out an explanation of it here or go watch this movie.
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