Posted on 07/13/2011 4:11:37 PM PDT by Nachum
“The priority is not defense of our country, it is ensuring that DOD is has done all the necessary sensitivity training to openly allow homosexuals in.”
I never liked battleship gray anyway.. I am thinking a burnt umber and maybe some curtains to brighten the place up. We. May not be the most battle hardened navy but by darn we will be the most flamboyant.
“The Navys maintenance issues began in the 1990s when Washington sought a postCold War peace dividend. One of the first casualties was manpower, and that led to smaller Navy
maintenance crews.”
No. This is false. It was under CNO Admiral Vern Clark’s “optimal manning” plans beginning in 2001 that crew numbers were dramatically reduced. The invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq didn’t help matters either when it came to divying up Pentagon dollars.
Outsource, hell. If 0bama could get away with it, he’d sell the US Navy to the Chinese.
“The priority is not defense of our country, it is ensuring that DOD is has done all the necessary sensitivity training to openly allow homosexuals in.”
Diversity and the environment are the Navy’s priorities these days.
It’s been over a decade, at least.
I’ll bet the Whitehouse would not even consider a Formosa Strait run now.
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