Posted on 08/24/2010 5:16:12 PM PDT by Nachum
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on Defense Secretary Robert Gatess proposal to close the Joint Forces Command based in Virginia. (Snip) Webb and several members of the Virginia-delegation are fighting Gatess decision to close Joint Forces Command based in Norfolk, Va., which is a part of the secretarys effort to save billions of dollars within the Pentagons budget. Webb, who chairs the committees subcommittee on military personnel matters, called on the Pentagon and White House to suspend any actions related to the sweeping savings initiative until Congress had ample opportunity to review the full scope of
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( Ooops, you mean I am not on daily KOS?)
lol ... you had me loading both barrels during those first few sentences ...
If you take a look at some of the comments on other threads, I am beginning to wonder if we’re attracting KOS participants. I’ll leave the conscription comments alone, except to say that once upon a time the army didn’t worry about day care centers or family care plans...
Agreed, guns, butter and beans, and a bed next to an easy water swamp under canvas, The left would love that!And women MUST be drafted too eh? ;-)
This closing should guarantee the finish of Webb’s bizarre Senatorial career.
We could use the Roman model and hire the invaders (Mexicans) to do our fighting for us.
When has the military ever drafted women? Now that you mention it however, holding them to the same height, weight and physical fitness standards would be a good idea. As regards the ‘guns, butter, beans...’ comments, I’m not aware of what you’re referencing.
I think that Mitt Romney’s five huskey sons, along with a myriad of YR’s that I have met would support that idea entirely! The rest of us should continue to encourage the young males in our family to do something. There are opportunities to serve everywhere.
Incidently, I hope that theses same guys oppose the homosexualization of the military as vehemently as the slaying of their JFCOM job base. I’ll grant you however, Virginia Beach and Newport News are going to lose some extremely well paying government jobs if this get canned.
Orcs protecting the Shire?
I suppose we need to get used to eatinng nothing but fajitas.Not that I am complaining but there is a price.
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( warning, graphic multi media on what is happening south of the border, a nation falls apart under liberals)
Guns butter and beans...i.e.the bare essentials for a military force.
Puts the pounds on though. I imagine that it's the sides such as rice, re-fried beans and tortillas that do the damage.
Bare essentials? I thought we were talking about personnel? A good measure might be that when the average male who is an NCAA College Athlete serves in some military capacity, we will once again be where we need to be.
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