Originally Posted by
Grumble
All true statements an good advice. The sad thing is that if we completely gutted our military and sold off everything, we wouldn't even put a dent in the deficit. Spending on the military is not the problem, not by a long shot
Social entitlement programs are the lions-share of spending, but DoD is pretty significant too. No way we're dodging cuts even with a regime change.
For the OP, what are your prospects for O-4? Is RPA a kiss of death?
Even with DoD cutbacks, RPA should remain a boom industry...if you are in the program as an O-4 I think you will get to stay, even if the manned ranks get decimated. Your government prospects will be looking up after you make O-4. Even during the last drawdown they were letting surplus majors retire at 15 years. I tend to suspect they would do that again before booting O-5 non-selects who are a year or two from sanctuary (18 years).