I’m a vet, but from my experience cutting out some “necessary spending” might include a brand golf course for some General Officers stationed overseas.
Yes. The nice to haves are getting cut, like the Army Heritage Days in Carlisle PA and the Navy Air Shows with the Blue Angels What’s important that’s getting cut is he overhauling and maintenance.
Well, there are not any of those, but there are a lot of general officers who could easily be replaced by O-6s. We have way to many Generals/Admirals. I was an O-5 on 5th Fleet staff in Bahrain the past two years and there were at least 30 of us. Probably another 15-20 O-6s. That is a lot of money. I literally recycled power point briefs day in and day out for two years. I can honestly say I did nothing substantial.