Falling Stars

[General Chang]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-orders-historic-reduction-general-officers-military
 

Thoughts on the dismal future for my fellow GO/FOs?

- General C.

[Vetter]

YAS QUEEN!!!!

[Lord Ratner]

I think Eisenhower would have thrown up in his mouth if he knew how bloated the command structure had become. Bravo. 

[ClearedHot]

6 hours ago, General Chang said:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-orders-historic-reduction-general-officers-military
 

Thoughts on the dismal future for my fellow GO/FOs?

- General C.

AMF's - We will be just fine without them.

There are approximately 900 active-duty GFOs.  The current number is low for the post-Cold War era and substantially lower than the number of GFOs in the 1960s-1980s, when the Armed Forces were much larger in size than they are today. However, while always very small in comparison to the total force, the GFO corps has increased as a percentage of the total force over the past five decades. GFOs made up about one-twentieth of one percent (0.048%) of the total force in 1965, while they made up about one-sixteenth of one percent (0.063%) of the total force in 2023, indicating that the share of the total force made up of GFOs is now increased by 31%. This historical trend is more pronounced with respect to four-star officers (which grew from 0.0014% of the total force to 0.0029%, a 107% increase) and three-star officers (which grew from 0.0045% of the total force to 0.0103%, a 129% increase). One- and two-star officers increased less rapidly (from 0.0425% of the total force to 0.0500%, a 17.6% increase). 

Sorry Chang - better start looking for a board to hire you to do nothing but bloviate on the outside.  RSU's are a real thing, check them out.

[Stoker]

Calling someone a general is really cheap if it keeps them in the service instead of bailing for a legacy CJO, for the Air Force's perspective. We certainly aren't paying GOs commensurate with the workload and job market competition. Which is fine when we are fighting an existential war with defined end goals, not so much if you want quality people to serve long-term during peacetime. It's easy to say people should sacrifice personal gain, family quality of life, and job satisfaction in exchange for the pride in serving their country, but realistically that has never been the case in the US during peacetime.

Edited 7 hours ago by Stoker

[ClearedHot]

45 minutes ago, Stoker said:

Calling someone a general is really cheap if it keeps them in the service instead of bailing for a legacy CJO, for the Air Force's perspective. We certainly aren't paying GOs commensurate with the workload and job market competition. Which is fine when we are fighting an existential war with defined end goals, not so much if you want quality people to serve long-term during peacetime. It's easy to say people should sacrifice personal gain, family quality of life, and job satisfaction in exchange for the pride in serving their country, but realistically that has never been the case in the US during peacetime.

Yeah they have it tough with drivers, cooks at their houses, personalized GO only healthcare and an accelerated retirement payscale.  99% of them will make up and pay deficit within 30 days of walking out the door.

[Banzai]

21 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:

Yeah they have it tough with drivers, cooks at their houses, personalized GO only healthcare and an accelerated retirement payscale.  99% of them will make up and pay deficit within 30 days of walking out the door.

What is an accelerated retirement pay scale?

[ClearedHot]

2 hours ago, Banzai said:

What is an accelerated retirement pay scale?

I think they changed it recently but in years past GO pay had a scale that increased over time like everyone else.  However, actual basic pay for O-7 to O-10 was (and still is), limited to level II of the Executive Schedule.  That limit number was lower than the pay amount for their rank and years of service on the chart.  While on active duty take home pay was limited but for retirement their pay was calculated off the higher number in the chart.