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To: WhiskeyX
The time has come to recognize that the Congressional budgeting is now cutting into the sinew and bone of the armed forces to the point where their combat efficiency is going to be in grave doubt.

I don't believe that for a second. Not while sinkholes like the F35 charge ahead and forcing women into Infantry and Special Forces roles is the top priority for the brass. Hell, we had a commander drop a quarter-million on getting a command-wing bathroom installed near her office b/c walking an extra 100 feet was just too much for her.

The military is the epitome of "penny wise and pound foolish." We can't get paper towels for the bathrooms, but we can waste huge amounts of money on abandoned desktop PC virtualization projects.

78 posted on 04/10/2015 6:37:29 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater

“I don’t believe that for a second.”

Fine, you can “believe” anything you want; but until you can find the means to reduce the Air Force budget by one trillion dollars in the next ten years without retiring mission critical air and missile squadrons, you’re only using empty talk. So, what is it going to be, retire one-third of the F-16 aircraft and squadrons, the entire force of B-1 strategic bombers, AWACs, air refueling, or some other aircraft?


79 posted on 04/10/2015 6:57:50 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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