Just 8%?
I'll cut it by 50% by now.
Stop building the F-35.
And don't build any new aircraft carriers.
We should be making drones instead. They're cheaper.
Get Elon to do it.
You are right, we need to be rebuilding our gutted politicize military.
There is an incredible amount of waste in the Pentagon. They should immediately fire half of the contractors and Pentagon bureaucrats for a start.
DOGE will find a massively bloated military budget. Also, a Trump peace dividend will be realized when he breaks the CCP.
That is why we better make friends with Russia—one less theater of operations.
The Pentagon was getting fat by getting everyone in the world to hate us.
Oh no. How will be bomb wedding parties on the other side of the planet now?
The us Spends more than 3 times as much as the next closest country on the plant on its military.
Even with these cuts the US would still be spending double.
I do agree you aren’t going to cut a 1/3 by just eliminating DEI.
However, with a national debt of 36 Trillion dollars, or more than 125% of the GDP of the nation, cuts have to be made, and to think the US Military, which is the biggest top line expenditure of discretionary spending every year isn’t going to be cut, you aren’t living in reality.
If you think there isn’t waste and graft in military spending. you are also living in lala land.
Eisenhower didn’t warn about the Military Industrial Complex in his farewell address for nothing.
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
THIS is what I voted for. I’m a Veteran. I’m a patriot. But the amount of money we spend on defense, and the waste that goes along with it is beyond absurd.
8% out of DOD budget is a minuscule amount. If you do not think there is 3-4 times that in waste fraud and abuse in the DOD budget YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOUR ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE US is broke. We have no more money to just throw blank checks at DOD so never beens on Social Media can thump their chest and talk all macho about “supporting the Military.”
This may too long a read,
Back when I was in the military
any job that a woman was involved
in, required two people, The woman and
a man to do the work.
Military is not like the civilian world.
you are frequently tasked to do
exceptional things with few resources.
Women make good mothers, shitty democrats,
but not good war fighters.
Don’t give me this shit about piloting
a modern aircraft
a properly trained 12 year old boy
could do that, most the time better.
For the record I’m a retired
Boeing experimental flight test engineer.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/pentagon-audit-2666415734/
Pentagon can’t account for 60 percent of 4 TRILLION in assets!!!
Wake up and smell the 2025!!
I AM SURE we could cut it in HALF and still get MORE.
And so is Elon.
But I’d settle for a 25 percent cut.
drones have changed warfare forever.
Nearly our entire fighting force is now outdated and nearly useless.
Each littoral combat ship (LCS) costs around $500 million to build, with annual operating costs estimated between $50 million to $70 million. The total lifetime cost for the program could reach $100 billion or more.
Get rid of the LCS, build more Arleigh Burke DDs, end production of large Aircraft Carriers and star designing drone carriers.
I hated being told every September, to spend our budget before October 1 - need to change that first
Most of our budget is wasted on healthcare for trannies, sending teams to the world military Olympics in Wuhan, renaming bases, maternity wards on Ford class carriers, etc etc etc.
Cut 8% and probably get a better leaner military. The Marines have gone woke, but not nearly as much as the other branches... but they are. Also a think about the Marines is that they are the most lean in the budget process.... but they put out the hardest force of all.
Less money, better soldiers.
I would begin by halving the US Army. Its of no use in the mid-future and needs to be entirely overhauled anyway. Retire all the “heavy” divisions.
BTW, all those excess tanks, Bradleys and artillery, missiles, etc. should be given to Ukraine. Or maybe Poland, who can then give it to Ukraine. Or Finland, the Baltics, etc. as needed. Its cheaper than “clean” environmental disposition in the US. Just a thought. Should be priced at $1.
And then there are the amphibious parts of the USN - the LHA’s and etc. Give them to Japan and Australia. The US isn’t going to be hauling Marines anywhere.
Did you spend any time in the military? I did a long time ago. If its still the same, there’s a lot of room to cut.
Bs. We waste more than the next three nations spend on defense.
Of course they will do the standard thing - slash critical programs and force the issue.