I do see a need to horsewhip some of the procurement officers for their trifling ways that move the target around on contractors.
Fly then fix. Not fix then fly. Yes, people will die. We did it that way for years, and it worked.
The money we save can be used for useful stuff.
/johnny
The military IS useful stuff. They preserve our freedom and keep us from getting murdered. Practically anything else can be done by the states.
Clinton and Obama have both sought to destroy our military.
Fifty years ago, defense spending accounted for 47% of total federal spending. Today, it accounts for 19%.
Under Clinton, America's military manpower decreased from 2.1 million to 1.6 million. Clinton removed 305,000 employees removed from the federal payroll. Unfortunately around 90% of these (286,000) were military personnel.
Clinton cut the Army from 18 divisions to 12, and the Navy from 546 ships to 380. Air Force flight squadrons were cut from 76 to 50.
What the impeached, disbarred-rapist scrapped, amounted to more manpower and materiel than most, if not every military force in the world.