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As I See It 2013

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As I See It - Pay Cap Reruns: Don’t Open that Door

By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF (Ret) - April 4, 2013
It’s not official yet, but the new defense budget likely will propose a 1-percent military pay-raise cap for 2014. If enacted, that will be the first time since 1998 the military raise will be capped below the average American’s.

As I See It - Assault on Officership

By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF (Ret) - March 21, 2013
I’m shocked that significant numbers of females deployed to a combat zone report having been assaulted by their own brothers-in-arms — in some cases by their superior officers. My female military friends, say I’m naïve. And DoD's own statistics seem to confirm that.

As I See It - Zombies Are After Your Health Care

By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF (Ret) - February 13, 2013
They’re relentless. They’re mindless. They have no feelings. They don’t care about anything — except coming after you. And now they’re attacking your health care.

As I See It - Somebody Needs Some Sense-Slapping

By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF (Ret) - January 10, 2013
People get treated badly in the health care system and essential budgets get cut on a regular basis because program administrators and accountants and budget analysts and staffers — and leaders — lose all sense of perspective about who is bearing what level of burden for whom.