Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: morgan@ms.uky.edu (Wes Morgan) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Military Cuts in Personnel Message-ID: <1990Jun30.053825.4282@cbnews.att.com> Date: 30 Jun 90 05:38:25 GMT References: <1990Jun29.025523.6892@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: The Puzzle Palace, UKentucky Lines: 41 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Wes Morgan miles@ms.uky.edu (Stephen D. Grant) writes: >I was wondering if in the wake of all the new stuff in Eastern Europe >and the other developments whether there will be major cutbacks in >the US military hiring practices and amounts hired. Would this decrease >be meated out even between officers and enlisted or is there some favoritism? Well, the US Army has been evaluating TOEs (Tables of Organization and Equipment) for some time. During my active service (early 1980s) the rule of thumb enforced by MILPERCEN was "if the position isn't filled for X months, and you do fine without it, it should be removed from your TOE." This had the effect of reducing possible assignments, and, eventually, required personnel levels. Other changes affecting personnel levels included removing the medics from several line units (engineers, artillery, et cetera) and centralizing a smaller number at a higher level. I should think that a RIF is likely some time in the next two years. Forces in Germany are almost certain to be reduced, as well as troops in South Korea. I don't think the RIF will cut more than about 10-15%, if that much. Often, a RIF is partially achieved by deactivating units, rather than arbitrarily tossing people out; an entire unit is wiped, rather than setting some arbitrary criteria. Another, smaller number can be removed via mandatory 20-year retirement. In addition, I believe that there is a provision in the promotion regs that can force individuals to be terminated if they've been passed over for promotion several times. As far as the officer/enlisted ratio in a RIF, it would probably be close to the general ratio for the entire force. Can anyone provide some current statistics? Wes -- | Wes Morgan, not speaking for | {any major site}!ukma!ukecc!morgan | | the University of Kentucky's | morgan@engr.uky.edu | | Engineering Computing Center | morgan%engr.uky.edu@UKCC.BITNET | Lint is the compiler's only means of dampening the programmer's ego.