A convoy of nationalists on motorbikes passed as he spoke . Such solidarity may not last . There are already opposition concerns that the restructuring of the military lacks parliamentary oversight and is going too far , with thousands of soldiers discharged personnel.endposition.firinglayoff , including around 40 percent of generals . WESTERN CRITICISM The extent of the purges in Turkey , which has NATO 's second largest armed forces and aspires to membership of the European Union , has drawn criticism in the West .

A convoy of nationalists on motorbikes passed as he spoke . Such solidarity may not last . There are already opposition concerns that the restructuring of the military lacks parliamentary oversight and is going too far , with thousands of soldiers discharged personnel.endposition.na , including around 40 percent of generals . WESTERN CRITICISM The extent of the purges in Turkey , which has NATO 's second largest armed forces and aspires to membership of the European Union , has drawn criticism in the West .

Leave Trump aside for now . Even after losing to Ted Cruz in Iowa , he is still the man to beat in the GOP . But , for reasons I ’ll go on to explain , he has already discharged personnel.endposition.na his historical mission ; his work is done . Trump broke the Republican Party . But , even if he had n’t , there would be no need to worry about the Republicans who are running for President in 2016 .

[ After the Wars : A legacy of pain and pride ] Army officials say McCombs enlisted in 2005 and did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan . By the time she was honorably discharged personnel.endposition.firinglayoff , in 2009 , she had reached the rank of captain , according to military records . McCombs received multiple awards for service , including the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star , the NATO Afghanistan Service Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal . The Department of Veterans Affairs has estimated that PTSD afflicts 11 percent of veterans of the war in Afghanistan and 20 percent of veterans of the war in Iraq .