Even 5-star general Rafael Trujillo was retired...
Santo Domingo.- A whopping 159 general officers, of which 59 serve no function, face retirement, promotion or continue getting paychecks as active members in Dominican Republic’s military branches, many of whom should know their fate tomorrow Wednesday, February 27, after president Danilo Medina’s Administration starts the traditional deluge of decrees with designations and substitutions.
Around 100 colonels who also have no official function in the military also face possible retirement. Of the generals 38 belong to the Army, including 10 major generals and 28 brigadiers; seven admirals of the Navy, while the Air Force has five major generals and nine brigadiers.
With the rank of general figure four former ministers of the Armed Forces without function but still active, while a source quoted by elnuevodiario.com.do revealed that Medina will place the senior military officers on retirement.
Several of those who face retirement were seen at military headquarters on Monday, some military who are supposed to be retired, among them former Navy chief Nicolás Cabrera Arias, Gil Ramirez and Apolinar Disla, and others.
Many of the senior officers seek to keep their stars by forging ??"ties" with legislators, cabinet officials and political leaders, as insurance against “mothballing the uniform.”
From: Dominican Republic
"serve no function"
Other than border and sea petrol what is the "function" of every other paid person in any of theses forces...
Only 59 serve no function out of 159.... what a joke!!!
From: United States, New York City
Being a general in DR is kind of like being a colonel in kentucky.
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
The Kentucky colonels are slandered again as good for nothing Lambons and thieves...
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Would Rick and the other defenders of Leonel and his greatness please explain to us proletariat how such a great mind and ruler allowed this mess to be perpetuated at such a great social and economic cost to the nation?
If Leonel was so beloved and capable, then perhaps he possessed the political capital to have terminated this characteristic "bannana republic" practice of keeping around this useless bunch ov overweight, inept, corrupted, uneducated and drug-pushing leeches; yet, he didn't do diddily squat about it, and may have made it worse than what he inheritied.
I hope it is true that maybe 100 will be retired; however, I wonder why it is not more like 140. We don't need that many generals, especially when they have no clearly defined tasks; more importantly, when they didn't earn those hideous metals and are encapable of military leadership of any kind.
MJEV.
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
Glomy if your boy Hippo had been elected we would have 259 generals etc
From: Dominican Republic
Agree 100% Glp
Written by: juanb, 26 Feb 2013 2:02 PM
From: Dominican Republic
I love dreamkiller's post. Let me translate it for those of you who are graduates of our education system:
What he is saying is that the horrible job done by LF (and this is just one teeny weeny example
of his malfeasance) is OK because some other ahole MIGHT have done it worse.
From: Dominican Republic, calle A.Portes
It has been the way of the DR for decades abd LF did not correct the situation , probably because his interest was in building up the country with industry and infrastucture , rather than looking at retired generals ,,,but he should have deputised someone ...Danilo seems to be more interested in details of un necessay expenditure ..so it has been a good handover of power
Written by: BASTA, 26 Feb 2013 2:29 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs/Free abortions for all
juanb== 4****s 1+
From: United States
Retied with full pensions and plenty of perks. Not exactly being removed for lack of function.
From: United States
Danilo seems to be more interested in details of un necessay expenditure ..so it has been a good handover of power????
What about the jepettas, retirement funds, security..................... do you think this is for free????? They can retire who ever they want, they have the rank of general, and the Government WILL pay everything with taxpayers money!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And belief me, they are not members of the social security fund, they have lots more then RD$ 5000 per month, even they did NEVER work for this!!!
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
Ricky, soon you are going to vomit from going around in circles.... You must be exhausted!!!
Written by: RonEvane 
, 26 Feb 2013 6:36 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
We can only hope this is the beginning of a drastic reduction in the size of the armed forces.
Certainly hope these leaches and parasites aren't replaced with more of the same.
Those retired must be excluded from any political or governmental functions. A moratorium on promotions can be enacted for those left active, and will be gradually retired at their present rank until the country has a manageable size in the military.
The future generation of officers must be graduates of a higher institution. The better the education earned, the higher the rank given. Exclude all illiterates across the board.
Written by: Atabey, 26 Feb 2013 6:45 PM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: Ricardolito, 26 Feb 2013 2:05 PM
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
It has been the way of the DR for decades abd LF did not correct the situation , probably because his interest was in building up the country with industry and infrastucture , rather than looking at retired generals"
Agreed. You come into office and have a very short time to have an impact on the future. You need therefore to pick your fights carefully. Yes, it would have been nice to see many of these buffoons sent into early retirement, but at what cost?
Medina en la Cima.
Written by: Slick, 26 Feb 2013 10:19 PM
From: Dominican Republic
The Generals and Coronels don't matter as much as the prosecutors, and Domingo and the PG for Sto Domingo are doing a fine job so far, and apparently with the blessing of Danilo. The DR will slowly evolve into the first world. Yes everyone expectshe Bermudez, Leones/Fernandez, their retirement, their payments, their premios for walking the line. I don't deny them that actually, they were just doing what they were told, and doing what had always been done. But changes must be made. The DR will forever be governed by the uber-rich. The Fanjuls, the Corripios, the many others. It's just the way it is. Pretty much like the rest of the world, however you want to slice it. Am I wrong? I'm open to opposing opinions.
Written by: RonEvane , 26 Feb 2013 10:29 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
What? That the rich will rule and set the political trend? . I'm Ok with that, as long as justice has the might to prosecute and incarcerate the poor or powerful, alike!
Written by: josean, 27 Feb 2013 6:48 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
If this is true, at best 159 Lie-onelistas will be removed to be replaced by 159 Saint Danilistas!
The fight between the Two PLDs is On!
Written by: jasfalon, 27 Feb 2013 7:20 AM
From: United States
Piss on that photo.
From: United States
It would seem this is a monkey on the back of the country who will continue to pay salaries of the retired along with the security forces that will guard them for life. The is at least a battalion of troops who will be getting paid to do servant work. It is like we have 159 former Presidents that require secret service protection along with administration and "office" expense for life. No end in sight unless the government reins in this abuse, who promotes all these people any way
From: Dominican Republic
The job could be made very easy, audit and asset test every single one of them (including family members), if there are any irregularities the task is made simple... fire them, no pension, no guards, remove ALL assets and jail if needed...
Then lets see how many are left??
Written by: rokete, 28 Feb 2013 1:12 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
"Valla con Dios"
Its a great title for that group of parasites.
Why would the armed forces have more than 10 generals in DR ????
Give the axe to those huge military Botellas !!!!
TRUJILLO WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH ENOUGH MERIT TO BE GENERAL !!!
VIVA TRUJILLO OUR GREATEST HERO !!!!
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Estimado Ricardolito
Estamos totalmente de acuerdo que esa es una norma comun, mala y no institucional, hasta en la ERA DE TRUJILLO, aunque existia unas fuerzas armadas grande, en proporcion al pais, 400 aviones etc.etc. ahora hay 15 o 20, se tenia "Fuerza Autorizada" y aunque se tenia a toda la familia dentro, no se violaba la cantidad de plazas en cada rango, ahora cualquier .... es general, salvo honrosas excepciones. por tener un amigo en el partido, blanco, rojo, morado, los soldados de carrera, se burlan y les dicen a estos LOS PELUCHES, por incapaces.
En otro orden, El gobierno de Fernandez hizo muchas obras, aunque sobre valoradas, y ademas muchos nuevos ricos, que esperamos caigan presos.
Lo que no apoyo fue a la industria, en este periodo quebraron cientos de empresas industriales, el modelo aplicado fue de importacion, por eso tantas tiendas lujosas, con articulos exquisitos, necesarios para esos nuevos portentados. y si hubiese ley, futuros huespedes de NAJAYO RESOR
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
Now, that's a true Nacionalist, the man that built our country, even though he was a criminal.
This guy makes our today's politicians look like stupid kids.
Nadie tenia mas guevo que El Jefe.
Written by: RoyStone, 28 Feb 2013 9:17 AM
From: Australia
cibaeño75,
compares
"Being a general in DR is kind of like being a colonel in kentucky."
I'll pay that one!
Into the Dready Hall of Quotable Quotes.
Written by: RoyStone, 28 Feb 2013 9:19 AM
From: Australia
Didn't I read on DT that Danilo has reduced the number of generals to 50?
What a joke!
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"serve no function"
Other than border and sea petrol what is the "function" of every other paid person in any of theses forces...
Only 59 serve no function out of 159.... what a joke!!!
Would Rick and the other defenders of Leonel and his greatness please explain to us proletariat how such a great mind and ruler allowed this mess to be perpetuated at such a great social and economic cost to the nation?
If Leonel was so beloved and capable, then perhaps he possessed the political capital to have terminated this characteristic "bannana republic" practice of keeping around this useless bunch ov overweight, inept, corrupted, uneducated and drug-pushing leeches; yet, he didn't do diddily squat about it, and may have made it worse than what he inheritied.
I hope it is true that maybe 100 will be retired; however, I wonder why it is not more like 140. We don't need that many generals, especially when they have no clearly defined tasks; more importantly, when they didn't earn those hideous metals and are encapable of military leadership of any kind.
MJEV.
Agree 100% Glp
I love dreamkiller's post. Let me translate it for those of you who are graduates of our education system:
What he is saying is that the horrible job done by LF (and this is just one teeny weeny example
of his malfeasance) is OK because some other ahole MIGHT have done it worse.
What about the jepettas, retirement funds, security..................... do you think this is for free????? They can retire who ever they want, they have the rank of general, and the Government WILL pay everything with taxpayers money!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And belief me, they are not members of the social security fund, they have lots more then RD$ 5000 per month, even they did NEVER work for this!!!
We can only hope this is the beginning of a drastic reduction in the size of the armed forces.
Certainly hope these leaches and parasites aren't replaced with more of the same.
Those retired must be excluded from any political or governmental functions. A moratorium on promotions can be enacted for those left active, and will be gradually retired at their present rank until the country has a manageable size in the military.
The future generation of officers must be graduates of a higher institution. The better the education earned, the higher the rank given. Exclude all illiterates across the board.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
It has been the way of the DR for decades abd LF did not correct the situation , probably because his interest was in building up the country with industry and infrastucture , rather than looking at retired generals"
Agreed. You come into office and have a very short time to have an impact on the future. You need therefore to pick your fights carefully. Yes, it would have been nice to see many of these buffoons sent into early retirement, but at what cost?
Medina en la Cima.
What? That the rich will rule and set the political trend? . I'm Ok with that, as long as justice has the might to prosecute and incarcerate the poor or powerful, alike!
If this is true, at best 159 Lie-onelistas will be removed to be replaced by 159 Saint Danilistas!
The fight between the Two PLDs is On!
Piss on that photo.
The job could be made very easy, audit and asset test every single one of them (including family members), if there are any irregularities the task is made simple... fire them, no pension, no guards, remove ALL assets and jail if needed...
Then lets see how many are left??
"Valla con Dios"
Its a great title for that group of parasites.
Why would the armed forces have more than 10 generals in DR ????
Give the axe to those huge military Botellas !!!!
TRUJILLO WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH ENOUGH MERIT TO BE GENERAL !!!
VIVA TRUJILLO OUR GREATEST HERO !!!!
Estamos totalmente de acuerdo que esa es una norma comun, mala y no institucional, hasta en la ERA DE TRUJILLO, aunque existia unas fuerzas armadas grande, en proporcion al pais, 400 aviones etc.etc. ahora hay 15 o 20, se tenia "Fuerza Autorizada" y aunque se tenia a toda la familia dentro, no se violaba la cantidad de plazas en cada rango, ahora cualquier .... es general, salvo honrosas excepciones. por tener un amigo en el partido, blanco, rojo, morado, los soldados de carrera, se burlan y les dicen a estos LOS PELUCHES, por incapaces.
En otro orden, El gobierno de Fernandez hizo muchas obras, aunque sobre valoradas, y ademas muchos nuevos ricos, que esperamos caigan presos.
Lo que no apoyo fue a la industria, en este periodo quebraron cientos de empresas industriales, el modelo aplicado fue de importacion, por eso tantas tiendas lujosas, con articulos exquisitos, necesarios para esos nuevos portentados. y si hubiese ley, futuros huespedes de NAJAYO RESOR
This guy makes our today's politicians look like stupid kids.
Nadie tenia mas guevo que El Jefe.
compares
"Being a general in DR is kind of like being a colonel in kentucky."
I'll pay that one!
Into the Dready Hall of Quotable Quotes.
What a joke!