brummelben
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How much does 4 billion out of 500 billion mean? Less than 1%. You want to cut waste in government so why does the military get a pass? As I said before, this increase in spending will never pass.Our military needs to cut the fat and get much more efficient, just like any branch of government. There is too much money wasted. Trumps answer is to throw more money at the military. Fortunately calmer heads are prevailing and this budget as is will never get passedInstead of trying to make our defense department more efficient, his answer is to spend more. We dont need to spend more, we need to spend less
Pretty hard to spend less than Obambi did. He left our Military almost hapless. Kid you've never served and you've never done anything for anyone but you. You're dismissed.
'Hapless?' Seriously? Man, you really should do some research on comparative spending and capabilities of militaries around the world. I can assure you, no other nation on earth is even close to US military spending. If the US military is 'Hapless', what does that make the rest of the world's militaries?
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In Capitol Hill testimony, Gen. Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle said that the Air Force needed 511 fighter jet pilots and approximately 200 more drone pilots in order to adequately carry out current missions.
Citing an "insatiable demand" among combatant commanders for drones that can provide intelligence and surveillance, Carlisle said that drone operators were facing long hours and that in order to alleviate this issue the Air Force is seeking close to 300 additional drone pilots, making the true shortfall closer to 500."
Air Force faces shortage of drone and jet pilots - CNNPolitics.com
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he U.S. Army is America’s primary land warfare component. Although it addresses all types of operations across the range of ground force employment, its chief value to the nation is its ability to defeat and destroy enemy land forces in battle.
As is the case with all of the other services, the U.S. Army has sought ways to absorb the budget cuts driven by the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011 in a responsible manner while still meeting the missions outlined in the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance (DSG).1 Fiscal challenges have strained the Army’s ability to meet the national security requirements outlined in the DSG even as it has worked to find a proper balance among readiness, modernization, and end strength.2 The Army has continued to reduce its end strength and accept greater risk to its modernization programs to preserve readiness levels—an even more challenging problem given that its budget in FY 2015 was $4 billion lower than it was in FY 2014.
Assessment of U.S. Army: Capacity, Capability and Readiness
Sure thing.
I prove you wrong and that's all you have to say?
The Army has continued to reduce its end strength and accept greater risk to its modernization programs to preserve readiness levels—an even more challenging problem given that its budget in FY 2015 was $4 billion lower than it was in FY 2014.
The budget has been cut.