All the best of luck, MrPink.
But to the general question ... with guys like Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA, Chairman of the House Finance Committee) writing things like:
"....if, beginning one year from now, we were to cut military spending by 25% from its projected levels, we would still be immeasurably stronger than any combination of nations with whom we might be engaged". (The Nation, February 11, 2009)
25% ??? You're going to have a RIF -- you can call it whatever you like; call it a baseball for all I care -- but with the current bunch in power, the political climate, and the spending on 'economic recovery' going through the roof -- the military WILL suffer, big time ... the 'stimulus money' has to come from somewhere -- and the military is always an 'easy' target for cuts.
Cuts: just like after both WW's, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War, Gulf 1 .... you pick it. There's a thought provoking/pretty good article in the June 2009 Proceedings by Barrett Tillman titled: "Fear and Loathing in the Post-Naval Era" .... some of you might want to read it and consider the potential ramifications re: your careers.