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Stop-loss was created by the United States Congress after the Vietnam War. Its use is founded on Title 10, United States Code, Section 12305(a) which states in part: "... the President may suspend any provision of law relating to promotion, retirement, or separation applicable to any member of the armed forces who the President determines is essential to the national security of the United ...
Stop-loss may refer to: Stop-loss insurance, an insurance policy that goes into effect after a set amount is paid in claims; Stop-loss order, stock or commodity market order to close a position if/when losses reach a threshold; Stop-loss policy, US military requirement for soldiers to remain in service beyond their normal discharge date
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes that limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.
The Army Corps is expected to adopt LOSOM at the end of July, but the guidelines are already nearly complete and have been used before. Mast urged the Army Corps to stop discharges in a letter Monday.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin dismissed criticism of women in combat by the man nominated to replace him, Pete Hegseth.
The army's theory was that eventually, the Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) would lose after the attrition warfare. According to historian Christian Appy , " search and destroy was the principal tactic; and the enemy body count was the primary measure of progress" in General William Westmoreland ’s war of attrition.
The George W. Bush administration put the Continuity of Operations plan into effect for the first time directly following the September 11 attacks.Their implementation involved a rotating staff of 75 to 150 senior officials and other government workers from every federal executive department and other parts of the executive branch in two secure bunkers on the East Coast.