The DoD is too busy getting ready for Gay Pride Month.
I live near MacDill AFB in Tampa. I can tell you there’s plenty of brass going in and out, but we’re ground zero for CENTCOM here.
The number of touch-and-gos is drastically lower than it used to be. We used to see warplanes in the sky quite a bit during the Bush years. It’s just not that way anymore.
Oh, and speaking of Marines, a good friend of mine just got back from Afghanistan, and he’s mentioned something to the effect that you’re referencing here, specifically that many brigades in the theater are understaffed and underequipped.
He’s very happy that he won’t be going out of the States for at least 9 months.
I live near a Navy/Marine helicopter training field. It is rare to see or hear helicopters now.
I see a LOT of military movement these days! Why, the other day, I saw a convoy of DHS MRAPS, and the BLM was convoying their Hummvees, the ones that carry the drones to be used against civilians.
I am 4 miles from Travis. I saw a C-5 fly by a few days ago, but not much else. I don’t know if the pilots are getting the flight time they need. I had a chance to fly the C-5 simulator once, and I am sure the simulators are getting a work out, but it is not the same. The USAF Thunderbirds arrived yesterday, and put on a short show before landing, and that is what got my attention, when I heard real jet engines for a change.
Thanks for posting this.
A serious reduction of live fire training, Naval exercises and training flights for the Air Force and Naval Air was pre planned by the anti Americans in the outhouse.
We have a friend who lives near Travis, and he said that training missions like touch and go have stopped since the first of the year. The only flights he sees or hears are flights heading west and over the Pacific. Those flights are down to a couple per week.
My tagline summarizes what Herr Obama is doing to our military.
Zero and his handlers (foreign and domestic) want our military gutted and impotent, while building up their internal security forces (DHS, ICE, Postal Service, BLM, ETC.) patterned after the Nazi Brown shirts.
That and to fire or blackmail/force resign the generals who are not compliant with their agendas, and replacing them with pussified Yes-men that won't decline the order to fire on US citizens.
The only reason the Bundy-protecting militia wasn't massacred (because the BLM had the firepower to kill everyone there) was the PR hit would be too early for their agenda. These people want to hit at night, breaking down doors and hauling people out of their beds in the wee hours of the morning...
Speculation, or prediction? You look at what is happening and you decide...
Yes, I live very near Vandenberg Air Force Base, and keep an exact record of the aircraft I observe (with my binoculars) landing and taking off. Every evening, I post my daily observations on the Internet:
http://odnoklassniki.ru/
Regards,
Like we were before WWII.
have you seen the Navy ads?
“commitment to fairness for all”
that is their mission
Between beefing up everything from BATFE to BLM forces and weakening our increasingly gay military, Obama is almost ready to announce "mission accomplished".
They use the time for the mandatory sexual assault training. It used to be for supervisors only now every one has to go thru the training even DOD civilians. The mission is secondary. According to the chief of staff that is the military’s #1 priority, preventing sexual assault.
Can’t really comment on the mission as we have a unique one that’s not affected by all the hoopla.
I see some pretty big strategic level budget cuts, but I can’t speak to the tactical level. I do know that we had to nearly cancel a pistol range due to an Army-wide shortage of 9mm ammo.