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Originally posted by burntout21
Bullshit enlistment is down 20% or more in every fucking branch and the reserves enlistment is down worse than that. why the hell u think we have stop loss in place.
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The reason that we have stop loss in place is that the military learned from Vietnam. It is a BIG mistake to rotate back experienced troops and put new ones in a unit during continueing combat operations. You lose unit cohesion and the new inserted troops do not fit in, are resented, and even shunned. Things just break down on the platoon and squad level.
During WWII units went through training together, and then stayed together until the end of the war, replacing troops only as needed because of losses. It made for a much more effective fighting force.