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But the next war we fight is not going to be a massive mobilization of troops going to another country to establish beachheads, capture territory, etc.

No one knows how the next war is going to be fought or who will invade and us and by what means. We had one launched this month on our soil. We could not respond in time. We had a plane brought down by China we could not respond in time. Think about it some of our biggest military targets do not so much as have a fighter jet in the whole state. Why? Cutbacks is why. I'm glad to know that I live less than 20 miles from such and only have a refueling squadron near by to protect it. September 11 showed us our military needs help that is can not cover our own soil. Closing more bases will not solve that problem. But giving the base another squadron, another couple of combat units, or even traing more NG's makes a lot more sense than saying nope can't happen here we got to close them down.

Now here is what I think.
DON'T pay the UN that $582 million that the House approved today
and take that $582 million and use it to keep these bases opened and manned.
OR take that $582 million and give it to Americans
for a FREE gun purchase program without all that registeration, background check etc junk.