He wants to bring the troops home--ALL the troops, not only the troops in Iraq.

There is also a focus on supervisors watching out for the financial well being/performance of their troops so while technically no one can order you to pay there is a tremendous amount of pressure.

It is also cost effective for the Army to consolidate resources during draw downs, meaning Hood might actually get more resources during a troop draw down as other bases go poof and remaining units are consolidated on larger posts.Early in the War on Terror - I was still in high school - apparently the Army deployed several units from Hood simultaneously.  

During the 2013 shutdown, Congress appropriated money on a bipartisan basis to keep troops' paychecks coming.But on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell objected to up a motion to pay troops during the shutdown after it was proposed by Sen.

Ordinarily I would say that is a good thing but it means there will be some resentment when they have to move. 

VRs have expenses you wouldn't ordinarily pay on a std rental.

The problem remains that you do not have the freedom, independence or what ever you want to call it because someone else doesn't want to go along with what you want to do.Now, ordinarily, if you weren't married, you may just say, "Next!"

Ordinarily, a problem you have in replacing a water heater is that you want to slide the new water heater into the drain pan, but you need to get it over the edge of the pan and not smash the pan.

All you have to do is talk to any of our returning troops to find out how the majority of Iraqi's are so grateful that they are there.

Shoulder fired missile technology which can reach virtually all of the Persian gulf - and sink aircraft carriers.4.A strategic barrier to Israel in terms of overflying both Iraq and Afghanistan because of an American troop presence.