Sam Schulz
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Watchdog & government editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune. New Yorker in California (now Sacramento). Priors: LA Times, Bloomberg, Politico, NBC, Forbes. Talk to me about transit, transparency & topographical maps.
Beyond their own futures — a few are planning cross-country moves — they wonder what this means for a military already struggling to recruit & now losing experienced members.
“The DoD cannot, one for one, replace us overnight.”
(Photo: Ana Ramirez, U-T)
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“The DoD cannot, one for one, replace us overnight.”
(Photo: Ana Ramirez, U-T)
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/s...
July 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Beyond their own futures — a few are planning cross-country moves — they wonder what this means for a military already struggling to recruit & now losing experienced members.
“The DoD cannot, one for one, replace us overnight.”
(Photo: Ana Ramirez, U-T)
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/s...
“The DoD cannot, one for one, replace us overnight.”
(Photo: Ana Ramirez, U-T)
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/s...
They know they can be identified. But they're staying for now.
One has a mortgage to pay. One has a local community she loves. For another, it's a matter of "personal pride in being able to say that I completed all of the things that I set out to do."
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/s...
One has a mortgage to pay. One has a local community she loves. For another, it's a matter of "personal pride in being able to say that I completed all of the things that I set out to do."
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/s...
July 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
They know they can be identified. But they're staying for now.
One has a mortgage to pay. One has a local community she loves. For another, it's a matter of "personal pride in being able to say that I completed all of the things that I set out to do."
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/s...
One has a mortgage to pay. One has a local community she loves. For another, it's a matter of "personal pride in being able to say that I completed all of the things that I set out to do."
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/s...
“I grew up in a military family. I grew up all around it … and I had a desire to do that,” she said. “If you were to sit down and ask me, ‘When you get out of the service, what’s your plan?’ I have no idea.”
(Photo: Ana Ramirez / San Diego Union-Tribune)
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(Photo: Ana Ramirez / San Diego Union-Tribune)
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July 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“I grew up in a military family. I grew up all around it … and I had a desire to do that,” she said. “If you were to sit down and ask me, ‘When you get out of the service, what’s your plan?’ I have no idea.”
(Photo: Ana Ramirez / San Diego Union-Tribune)
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/s...
(Photo: Ana Ramirez / San Diego Union-Tribune)
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/s...