Stop Loss

When men and women in our country join the military, we enter into a sacred contract with them that obliges us honor their willingness to serve and sacrifice – end of story.

One of the most egregious violations of this mutual trust is stop-loss – a very disturbing practice by which our men and women in uniform are forced to continue to serve in the military, after they had expected that they could leave.

Let’s say you joined the military and agreed to three years of active-duty service. With “stop loss” you could get held for six months, twelve months, even as long as twenty-one months past the time of your contract. Now, think about that a minute – can you imagine any other contract that you would sign for thirty-six months where someone would just say, sorry, we’re adding on another year and a half to the deal? Of course not. And yet, over 70,000 soldiers have been stop-lossed since 2002.

The Stop Loss Compensation Act

It’s time to put a stop to stop-loss, and in lieu of that, to make sure that our soldiers who are stop-lossed are given extra compensation. Write to your Senators and tell them to help end this practice, and to support the Stop Loss Compensation Act.

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