WASHINGTON - .... Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, though, it may never be possible to completely get rid of the policy called "stop-loss," under which some 13,000 soldiers whose time is already up are still being forced to continue serving....
Critics have called the stop-loss practice a backdoor draft, because it keeps troops in the military beyond their retirement or reenlistment dates. But the military has said the practice is necessary to keep unit cohesion and to keep soldiers with certain skills needed in those units.
Related: The Kennedy-Kerry Draft
Soldiers and their families strongly dislike stop-loss, and it was the title of a 2008 Hollywood movie in which a soldier who served in Iraq goes AWOL rather than following orders to return to Iraq....
Life isn't a movie, MSM. I wish you would get that through your fat heads!
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