World War III 01 - 03 Box Set by James Rosone; Miranda Watson

Author:James Rosone; Miranda Watson [Watson, James Rosone; Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-12-15T22:00:00+00:00

As Secretaries Clarke and Wise left the room, they walked to an outside patio so that they could soak up some sun while they drank a glass of fresh tea. “Do you think they are going to join?” asked Eric, looking to get another perspective.

“I believe so. That is, unless the Chinese have already approached them and made a better offer. However, I believe that at this point South America is too heavily tied to the American and EU economies to just cut ties and join the Axis powers,” Jim replied, though it sounded like he was trying to convince himself.

“If they do, it’s going to be a herculean effort to get this expeditionary force trained. Not only do they not have the facilities built, they would still have to draft the needed soldiers,” Eric said, not sure if they had bitten off more than they could chew.

Jim thought for a moment before responding, “We can bring in more PMCs to help augment your soldiers.”

“That only works to a certain extent. Besides, the PMCs are already stretched thin. It’s not like people’s enlistments are ending while the war is going on. We’ve stop-gapped everyone for the time being,” said Eric.

“You know that is going to become very unpopular if this war continues for several more years,” Jim retorted. He remembered what it was like during the Iraq War in the 2000s when the Bush Administration put a stop loss in place to keep the army numbers up.

“I know. Our plan is that for anyone whose eight-year active and inactive reserve enlistment is up, we offer them a $50K tax-free bonus per year that they re-enlist for, plus a one grade promotion. The number of people who are nearing or are at that actual enlistment mark is actually rather low. Several years ago, we phased out the two and three-year enlistment and went to a four-year enlistment with four-years in the National Guard or Reserves. The Guard and Reserves activations have also been increased from eighteen months to thirty-six months, until we have enough active duty units to fully replace them.” Eric as he took a long drink of his tea before he added, “This was a problem during the Iraq War in the 2000s as well. Too many National Guard and Reserve units were being activated, and it was seriously impacting the families of these men and women, not to mention their employers. The situation is not lost on us. As a corresponding active duty unit completes his/her training and receives their combat equipment, we are rotating those citizen soldier units back to the US. It’s just going to take some time, like everything else.”

“I’m glad to hear that you are taking this issue seriously. My grandson, Tyler, is in the Wisconsin Army National Guard; my son says he is doing good, but he is not sure when their unit will be rotating back to the US.”

Eric looked at the man sitting next to him as if for the first time.

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