[Old Teufel Hunden]

"US defense is not a jobs program. If that's the #1 argument you can muster, then there is no useful purpose for the fleet at current size."

From the article:
"The fleet trains and certifies every ship, sailor, and air wing that heads out to sea, with responsibility over 130 ships and submarines primarily in the Atlantic Ocean."

I'm not an expert on what this command does but it sounds like more than a jobs program. And yes, we do need a fleet at it's current size. Most likely a little larger. I know our current leader thinks his words solve a lot of problems in the world, but the truth of the matter is that a lot of diplomacy gets handled when a carrier group is in the area.

[Quix]

The current pretender to the throne . . .

is more intent on shredding our defense capacities than his predecessor the TRAITORS-IN-CHIEF KLINTOONS were.

Fire the WhiteHouse and Congress first.

Suicidal idiots.

[pabianice]

All new Navy programs are being quietly canceled. Obama wants to end our military strength. Why?