My Rant....The Governments Assault on Our Military

Had things going on today, but its  all been in the back of my mind, and trying to find ways to put it down in to a post. I want to rant and rave, but not sound like I am whinning. It is hard for me to find ways to share my thoughts in an accurate way and try to sound intelligent.  Senior did 20 years, I did most of those along with him as a Navy Wife...It is something I am very proud of. We both have seen a lot, and been through a lot.There are lots of things about active duty life I miss...like seeing that ship pull in from a deployment, or watching the guys stand and raise "The Colors" in the mornings, and lower them in the evenings. I really miss visiting Senior on his duty days and eating dinner with him in the Chiefs mess. But now, the all out assault  by the Left on our military makes me glad we are retired.
For me, it all started with the ERB, basically laying off our active duty who have between 5-15 years in. I have made several posts on here about the subject, asking for readers to sign a petition. So now Congress has recently approved the 15 year retirement. So out of the 2947 who got pink slips, only about 300-350 will qualify for this. Okay, thats great...its better then nothing right?  wrong! Now, the Navy has given pink slips to 2200 officers, and hired 2100 new enlisted personal ranks E4-E6, why? to fill "Undermaned" rates ...but wait! You just layed off 2947 in rates that were "overmanned" ...it makes me want to say WTF!

And now on to the most recent issue...our TRICARE Health Insurance. This is another assault by the administration against our military. Lots of civilians believe that our insurance is free...I am here to tell you that is Wrong.Those enrolled in TRICARE Standard must carry a TRICARE supplemental policy or they risk facing major costs for their medical care since they are liable for at least 25% of their health care costs without a supplement. Those in TRICARE Prime already pay enrollment fees. And those in TRICARE For Life must pay the annual Medicare Part B enrollment fee. But to see the rates for the DoD civilians is not going to increase, is nothing short of absurd, and purely unfair.

The VA and TRICARE are an earned benefit, from serving this country in time of need and laying their lives down for our freedom. To take this away will threaten our all volunteer force, they are breaking a promise to those who sacrificed so much to defend a "grateful nation". Politicians, including Obama have not missed a chance to show their gratitude to our countrys veterans, but now all that praise is just mere words during a photo op.

In the words of Senator Jim Webb: "  lifetime health care for career military personnel is part of a moral contract between our government and those who have stepped forward to serve"

I remember in 2008, then candidate Obama during a stop in Florida talked of the need for a "Civil Police Force" I recall it very clearly because of how it scared me. He said the state and local agencies are under manned to handle the increase of crimes across this country.  Is this his goal? Abolish the all volunteer force by any means neccessary ?, I feel they want to reinstitute the draft and create this so called "civil force"  and enforce the policies of the left by any means neccessary upon the people of this great country.

I am starting to bang my head against the wall here, it is so frustrating to me how anyone can vote for this...but alas, I know all too well, there are many of those out there who don't care, they think things in this country are fine, and are pretty much uneducated on the issues. And  yes unfortuantly..there are those even in our military that will still vote for this President or for any liberal for that matter.