All the services are doing some form of this "draw down" happens after every war and/or depending on the current "administration".....and it ALWAYS ends the same way, draw down to much and then over reaction with AD offers/bonuses etc.

This will be no different, the American people will do what they always do after an 8 year stint of a party. They will vote in the most drastic difference in 2016 and the military upswing will happen again.

Just hang on for the ride, get'em where you can because I guarantee you they will get you every time!

I played for 22 years, my father for 42 years, and my son for 2 months (and counting) and it ended up a good ride for us.