Comments on: SPECOPS http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/specops/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:20:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: joy http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/specops/comment-page-1/#comment-2095 joy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2017#comment-2095 I had read that article too, and was thinking of the following. In the mid to late 1990s after the major part of the drawdown, many of the young officers I knew (friends, whatnot) during my stint as a military spouse felt they had to make a decision on wether or not to stay in the military. At the time, there were fears that there weren't enough command positions to get up higher on the ladder, etc. What is interesting is that of the guys who decided to stay, almost all went SF, because they felt it was more professional. I had read that article too, and was thinking of the following. In the mid to late 1990s after the major part of the drawdown, many of the young officers I knew (friends, whatnot) during my stint as a military spouse felt they had to make a decision on wether or not to stay in the military. At the time, there were fears that there weren't enough command positions to get up higher on the ladder, etc.

What is interesting is that of the guys who decided to stay, almost all went SF, because they felt it was more professional.

]]> By: Little Miss Attila http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/specops/comment-page-1/#comment-2096 Little Miss Attila Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2017#comment-2096 But isn't a big part of the difference (Gulf I vs. Gulf II) Schwarzkopf's disdain for Special Ops guys? Didn't he contemptuously refer to them as "snake eaters"? --- But isn't a big part of the difference (Gulf I vs. Gulf II) Schwarzkopf's disdain for Special Ops guys? Didn't he contemptuously refer to them as "snake eaters"?

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