Yes, brian, that IS good news. I wonder if this means an eventual shrinkage of active-duty military members (in all branches of service).
For all the returning able-bodied service-members who have either been discharged or will be soon and possibly not re-enlist (or not be able to), they are coming home to a “jobless recovery” after receiving a plethora of monetary and practical benefits for their families for years, which most will no longer be eligible for.
I have no doubt many of them will enroll in college with military assistance (further exacerbating CA’s hugely impacted public university programs). That’s what happened when troops en masse were sent home from Vietnam.
Their families’ lack of a steady income (due to discharge and inability to reenlist) could impact the dwindling coffers of state public assistance programs.
It’s all good, though. They SHOULD be sent home. I’m just afraid most of their young families “grew” during wartime relative to their growing salaries and benefits.
