It doesn’t appear to be a purge, but rather a “re-organization”, but perhaps others can offer expertise in this area.
from page 2 of the article:
The “concept of operations” document — or initial draft — shows that the support center would have control of services such as fuel distribution, vehicle and support equipment, material management, small-arms training and ammunition allocation. Although the official said some of that framework was altered after the generals reviewed and rebuked the proposal, it is unclear how much of the framework was carried forward to the revised plan.
Retired Gen. Charles F. Wald, former deputy commander of U.S. European Command, said the Air Force has to implement structural changes because it cannot afford to chew through its budget at the current rate. Gen. Wald, who is now vice chairman and federal practice advisory partner for Deloitte, said the plan to consolidate base operations authority under the umbrella of a single support center on the surface “makes perfect business sense.”
“I think we should have done this 20 years ago,” he said. “Here’s the problem: I would have done it if I had known how to do it. I didn’t.”
This week we learn that the Army is downsizing by another 30,000, the VA is systematically rewarding management to deny treatment to vets making defacto death panels, and that only 1 out of 5 applying to the military are getting accepted.
Sorry, it sure sounds like a purge to me.
Seems reasonable to me.
A central planner’s idea, probably. So, all an enemy has to do is take out the support center, then everybody runs out of ammo and fuel. It does make it easier for a govt, tyrannical or otherwise, to control it all, however. I suppose if you object to this plan, you will be purged.