Are the current Armed Forces force levels enough?

[ogibillm]

The Defense Department has contingency plans and scenarios for any situation that could crop up. There are adequate amounts of armaments, equipment and reserves and a plan for a draft. . Factories are prepared to go on a war footing at a moments notice. Personnel and war equipment is located strategically around the world and units such as the 82d Airborne Division are a Quick Reaction Force. Currently the one big setback is funding and the House and Senate Armed Service Committees will solve that problem quickly to get Obama off his dead ass.
That's my analysis and opinion.
Any naysayers?

i dont know what you mean by saying the house and senate armed forces committees will solve any problem 'to get obama off his dead ass'

what does that even mean?

that said i think we spend too much on active duty personnel. we need to shift that money to build up guard and reserve units.

We have enough NG and Reserves. The Armed Service Committees are the most powerful committees in Congress and if we have to build up they will sway Congress. They always do.

you misunderstood me. I'm saying we need to reduce the size of our active duty forces in favor of guard and reserve units where the roi is much higher

They have been reduced already to pre-WWII levels and that was 75 years ago.

so? we still have too many and they cost us too much

and a soldier today is much more capable than a wwii soldier.

 

[Fenton Lum]

The Defense Department has contingency plans and scenarios for any situation that could crop up. There are adequate amounts of armaments, equipment and reserves and a plan for a draft. . Factories are prepared to go on a war footing at a moments notice. Personnel and war equipment is located strategically around the world and units such as the 82d Airborne Division are a Quick Reaction Force. Currently the one big setback is funding and the House and Senate Armed Service Committees will solve that problem quickly to get Obama off his dead ass.
That's my analysis and opinion.
Any naysayers?

i dont know what you mean by saying the house and senate armed forces committees will solve any problem 'to get obama off his dead ass'

what does that even mean?

that said i think we spend too much on active duty personnel. we need to shift that money to build up guard and reserve units.

We have enough NG and Reserves. The Armed Service Committees are the most powerful committees in Congress and if we have to build up they will sway Congress. They always do.

you misunderstood me. I'm saying we need to reduce the size of our active duty forces in favor of guard and reserve units where the roi is much higher

They have been reduced already to pre-WWII levels and that was 75 years ago.

How many military installations/bases in how many other nations across the globe?

At what price tag?

 

[Fenton Lum]

The Defense Department has contingency plans and scenarios for any situation that could crop up. There are adequate amounts of armaments, equipment and reserves and a plan for a draft. . Factories are prepared to go on a war footing at a moments notice. Personnel and war equipment is located strategically around the world and units such as the 82d Airborne Division are a Quick Reaction Force. Currently the one big setback is funding and the House and Senate Armed Service Committees will solve that problem quickly to get Obama off his dead ass.
That's my analysis and opinion.
Any naysayers?

i dont know what you mean by saying the house and senate armed forces committees will solve any problem 'to get obama off his dead ass'

what does that even mean?

that said i think we spend too much on active duty personnel. we need to shift that money to build up guard and reserve units.

We have enough NG and Reserves. The Armed Service Committees are the most powerful committees in Congress and if we have to build up they will sway Congress. They always do.

you misunderstood me. I'm saying we need to reduce the size of our active duty forces in favor of guard and reserve units where the roi is much higher

They have been reduced already to pre-WWII levels and that was 75 years ago.

so? we still have too many and they cost us too much

and a soldier today is much more capable than a wwii soldier.

The contractors love this instant strike capability with everywhere under the sun occupation, great for business. War is business in america. And the terminally scared fall in line.

 

[Hossfly]

It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. We'd be pretty hosed if we needed such a powerful military and that actually did happen, wouldn't we?

if that ever happened i would not want the united states to win

Then your sorry ass will be booted out before you can get your gear together.

what does that mean?
can you not see that if we managed to unite every nation on the planet in common cause against us we would clearly be in the wrong?

I am talking about prophesy and what has been ordained. You need to put away your Liberal pipe dreams and face reality.

Fuck your prophesy.

So be it, Peckerhead.

 

[Hossfly]

i dont know what you mean by saying the house and senate armed forces committees will solve any problem 'to get obama off his dead ass'

what does that even mean?

that said i think we spend too much on active duty personnel. we need to shift that money to build up guard and reserve units.

We have enough NG and Reserves. The Armed Service Committees are the most powerful committees in Congress and if we have to build up they will sway Congress. They always do.

you misunderstood me. I'm saying we need to reduce the size of our active duty forces in favor of guard and reserve units where the roi is much higher

They have been reduced already to pre-WWII levels and that was 75 years ago.

so? we still have too many and they cost us too much

and a soldier today is much more capable than a wwii soldier.

The contractors love this instant strike capability with everywhere under the sun occupation, great for business. War is business in america. And the terminally scared fall in line.

Well, I am a soldier and war is my business.

 

[ogibillm]

We have enough NG and Reserves. The Armed Service Committees are the most powerful committees in Congress and if we have to build up they will sway Congress. They always do.

you misunderstood me. I'm saying we need to reduce the size of our active duty forces in favor of guard and reserve units where the roi is much higher

They have been reduced already to pre-WWII levels and that was 75 years ago.

so? we still have too many and they cost us too much

and a soldier today is much more capable than a wwii soldier.

The contractors love this instant strike capability with everywhere under the sun occupation, great for business. War is business in america. And the terminally scared fall in line.

Well, I am a soldier and war is my business.

no, you aren't.

 

[Hossfly]

you misunderstood me. I'm saying we need to reduce the size of our active duty forces in favor of guard and reserve units where the roi is much higher

They have been reduced already to pre-WWII levels and that was 75 years ago.

so? we still have too many and they cost us too much

and a soldier today is much more capable than a wwii soldier.

The contractors love this instant strike capability with everywhere under the sun occupation, great for business. War is business in america. And the terminally scared fall in line.

Well, I am a soldier and war is my business.

no, you aren't.

My cold, dead trigger finger is.

 

[yiostheoy]

What are your thoughts on the general force levels of the Army, Air force, Marines, and Navy? Are they enough? Too much? Too little? Composed of the right elements? Or no longer needed?

Geo political implications make this a complex issue.

My personal view is that the USA should get out of the business of world's policeman.

And when we do military stuff to benefit other nations in their far corners of the world we should collect cash on delivery from them, like Germany, Poland, S.Korea, Japan, Iraq, and Africa.

 

[ogibillm]

They have been reduced already to pre-WWII levels and that was 75 years ago.

so? we still have too many and they cost us too much

and a soldier today is much more capable than a wwii soldier.

The contractors love this instant strike capability with everywhere under the sun occupation, great for business. War is business in america. And the terminally scared fall in line.

Well, I am a soldier and war is my business.

no, you aren't.

My cold, dead trigger finger is.

lol. you are a ridiculous man.
are you a soldier in the united states armed forces?

 

[Hossfly]

so? we still have too many and they cost us too much

and a soldier today is much more capable than a wwii soldier.

The contractors love this instant strike capability with everywhere under the sun occupation, great for business. War is business in america. And the terminally scared fall in line.

Well, I am a soldier and war is my business.

no, you aren't.

My cold, dead trigger finger is.

lol. you are a ridiculous man.
are you a soldier in the united states armed forces?

Retired, and in the Inactive Reserve.

 

[yiostheoy]

What are your thoughts on the general force levels of the Army, Air force, Marines, and Navy? Are they enough? Too much? Too little? Composed of the right elements? Or no longer needed?

Geo political implications make this a complex issue.

No, our military is never enough, it should be the most powerful military in the world to such an extent that even if every other nation banded together, we could crush them without a thought.

This post by Pumpkin Princess (age 14) is nonsense and everyone who "liked" it is at the mental level of a 14 year old.

China is the infantry king of the world and the USA can never catch them.

Russia is the tank and arty king of the world and the USA can never catch them either.

The USA is the king of air power and sea power, however those forces can only move nominal reactionary forces to hot spots. They cannot fight a world war.

Grow up people. Grow a brain. And stop emulating a little 14 year old b!tch.

 

[yiostheoy]

Retired, and in the Inactive Reserve.

Semper Fi my brother.

 

[yiostheoy]

lol. you are a ridiculous man.
are you a soldier in the united states armed forces?

shut the fokk up azzhole. just shut the fokk up.

 

[yiostheoy]

why? do you think that's likely to happen?

It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. We'd be pretty hosed if we needed such a powerful military and that actually did happen, wouldn't we?

if that ever happened i would not want the united states to win

True if we did something that caused the entire rest of the planet to unite against us, the we'll likely have become an evil, evil country.

Not true, and even if it were, it doesn't mean the citizens of the United States should suffer for the government ticking off all the other countries.

That's dumb. So if you were a German during WW2 you would wish Germany was powerful enough to conquer the rest of the planet because your citizens shouldn't suffer just because your government is ticking off other countries?

Pumpkin Princess is just a 14 year old girlie. No brains. No experience. No sense at all.

 

[ogibillm]

The contractors love this instant strike capability with everywhere under the sun occupation, great for business. War is business in america. And the terminally scared fall in line.

Well, I am a soldier and war is my business.

no, you aren't.

My cold, dead trigger finger is.

lol. you are a ridiculous man.
are you a soldier in the united states armed forces?

Retired, and in the Inactive Reserve.

so... no.

 

[yiostheoy]

The Defense Department has contingency plans and scenarios for any situation that could crop up. There are adequate amounts of armaments, equipment and reserves and a plan for a draft. . Factories are prepared to go on a war footing at a moments notice. Personnel and war equipment is located strategically around the world and units such as the 82d Airborne Division are a Quick Reaction Force. Currently the one big setback is funding and the House and Senate Armed Service Committees will solve that problem quickly to get Obama off his dead ass.
That's my analysis and opinion.
Any naysayers?

It would take the USA a long time to go onto a full war footing.

Take a look at my separate thread on who is really a superpower in the Military section.

 

[Hossfly]

Well, I am a soldier and war is my business.

no, you aren't.

My cold, dead trigger finger is.

lol. you are a ridiculous man.
are you a soldier in the united states armed forces?

Retired, and in the Inactive Reserve.

so... no.

?

 

[ogibillm]

The Defense Department has contingency plans and scenarios for any situation that could crop up. There are adequate amounts of armaments, equipment and reserves and a plan for a draft. . Factories are prepared to go on a war footing at a moments notice. Personnel and war equipment is located strategically around the world and units such as the 82d Airborne Division are a Quick Reaction Force. Currently the one big setback is funding and the House and Senate Armed Service Committees will solve that problem quickly to get Obama off his dead ass.
That's my analysis and opinion.
Any naysayers?

It would take the USA a long time to go onto a full war footing.

what makes you think that? granted our manufacturing capacity isn't what it once was but we absolutely could get there if we had to

 

[ogibillm]

no, you aren't.

My cold, dead trigger finger is.

lol. you are a ridiculous man.
are you a soldier in the united states armed forces?

Retired, and in the Inactive Reserve.

so... no.

?

the answer was 'no'
you are not a soldier. you were.

 

[Hossfly]

The Defense Department has contingency plans and scenarios for any situation that could crop up. There are adequate amounts of armaments, equipment and reserves and a plan for a draft. . Factories are prepared to go on a war footing at a moments notice. Personnel and war equipment is located strategically around the world and units such as the 82d Airborne Division are a Quick Reaction Force. Currently the one big setback is funding and the House and Senate Armed Service Committees will solve that problem quickly to get Obama off his dead ass.
That's my analysis and opinion.
Any naysayers?

It would take the USA a long time to go onto a full war footing.

Take a look at my separate thread on who is really a superpower in the Military section.

You can check on the Combat Ready Status for each major command in the DOD. It's not classified and is tested once a year.