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You don't realize that acquisition programs are integral to readiness and just as important in order for the US to maintain their dominant presence.
What does keeping around a bunch of well paid troops do if they don't have the equipment to train on for the next war?
To operate the equipment we currently have? Have you seen all the equipment we're leaving behind in Iraq and Afghanistan that we will have to replace to create a new stockpile for the next war?
We're spending money on new toys that are not actually the best suited for the threats we face today. What good is it to have these new aircraft platforms if the threats we face don't even have a credible Air Force?
Is there any threat out there that our current military isn't decades ahead of already?
Again, please reread my post...I am not "strongly ridiculing compensation", I was countering the people who are saying the military is overly compensated and their pay and benefits need to be cut. I'm not arguing for more pay or benefits, I'm arguing they not be cut as these service members agreed to serve based on that compensation. Offering them a certain level of compensation to get them to join and reducing it after they agree to join and are locked into a contract isn't the best way to make cuts in the DOD budget.
Neither my son or I joined solely because of the pay. We both wanted to serve our country and not rely on others to do the heavy lifting.
sorry, but you most certainly were strongly criticizing, some would dare say complaining...
I always laugh to myself when I hear or see someone post on facebook about how an e-4 is underpaid (my cousin is an e-4).
I left active duty as a Junior Officer and joined the reserves. On active, I was making about 85 to 90k a year. I applied for a GS position that had over a 1000 applicants. I was hired based on the fact that I had the education requirements and work experience.
My first year out I was a GS-7 because you can't come in at a higher grade without specific experience. My take home pay after retirement (401k, and GS workers have to fund their pension), taxes, and medical for my entire family was less than a married e-4 gets in housing allowance per month where I live (San Diego).
NOPE ..... Hagel is an Obama Team Member and has been since 2008 when Obama was first running for office. Republicans are not known for cutting Military readiness OR Veterans benefits.
He is Republican. I am not making it up. He is a Republican and a putative conservative.
You don't realize that acquisition programs are integral to readiness and just as important in order for the US to maintain their dominant presence.
What does keeping around a bunch of well paid troops do if they don't have the equipment to train on for the next war?
So this steep cuts in the military pay and benefits does not really benefit Economy or tax payers. I don't see the purpose of buying all these new toys either. Sorry.
So many other ways to make cut backs without hurting the troops (enlisted). Congress and Pentagon "stars and bars" won't cut things that are to their benefit. If an impartial audit was done on the supply side, they would find out why the military supplies cost a fortune compared to the same or similar supplies available for civilian purchase. I believe that some foreign bases should be closed and remain open long past their original purpose.
In 1991, the CEO Law created the expectation that the CFO's of all government agencies will issue an unqualified opinion of audited financial statements on a biannual basis. Over the past 23 years, DoD has not complied, regardless of who sat the oval or held the majority in Congress. Politics does not matter.
900 +/- bases in 130 countries, outside of war zones, is a tad over the top.
Chuck Hagel....you mean our Secretary of Defense whose phone calls foreign dignitaries don't even bother returning? That Chuck Hagel?
What a joke.
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That Chuck Hagel?
