Posted on 02/16/2017 7:11:43 PM PST by TigerClaws
Holdovers from the Obama administration in the Pentagon are hampering efforts to fix the militarys major readiness problem, leaving Secretary of Defense James Mattis alone in his efforts to properly equip U.S. forces, according to the chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services.
I am concerned that to fix these problems [it] is going to take a lot more money, and yet a lot of the folks who are coming up with the budget to fix them are the same people who have been fighting every step of the way against our efforts to fix these problems, said Chairman Mac Thornberry during a Capitol Hill press gaggle Thursday.
Thornberry noted that Mattis is alone in his attempts to alleviate the readiness problem at the Pentagon. He added that there are some people, including political appointees and others from the Obama administration, who have been trying to deny there was a problem.
The Vice Joint Chiefs of Staff warned the armed services committee last week that the lack of military readiness across all branches was putting the militarys capabilities at risk. Their reports revealed, among other substantial problems, only three of 58 Army brigade combat teams are ready for combat, while fewer than half of the Air Forces aging aircraft fleet is ready to fight.
Thornberry emphasized that Mattis cant solve the problem by himself, and that the slow process of filling defense roles at the Pentagon is preventing the Trump administration from fulfilling its promise to rebuild the military. He also said the the issue goes beyond budgets, and that the U.S. has a moral obligation to support the troops.
EXPOSE THEM!....
General Mattis will deal with whatever he has to and deal with those involved swiftly and appropriately. I have every confidence in his abilities, don’t you?
Semper Fi
Start at the top and start firing officers. May end up promoting Lieutenants to generals but so what. And promote clerks to upper echelon.
Why are there still Obama appointees anywhere? Those people will only obstruct and will work counter to the interests of the United Stares ad FOR the interests of Emir Barak Hussein,
Fumigators are on the way and Gitmo has a lot of cells waiting to be filled by the enemies within aka traitors, ya think?
One is named Rosa Brooks.
Another is her husband, Lt. Col. Joseph Mouer.
They’re fools to make the Commander in Chief angry
There are the Obama appointees who can be terminated immediately.
But then there are those hired to fill DOD career openings and Obama appointees hired them. They are in the woodwork like termites and difficult to fire. These pose the most dangerous danger to the nation.
Nope recommission the DEW line sites and station them there all outside communication to be routed through a central location monitored and recorded.
Send as many as you can to an isolated outpost in Afghanistan.
Yep, and if you can’t fire them you can always reassign them to a meaningless role in a janitors closet.
Amen. DO NOT PASS GO. Go directly to JAIL.
“Thornberry noted that Mattis is alone in his attempts to alleviate the readiness problem at the Pentagon”.
Alone? BS!
A very good question. All of Obama’s political appointees should have been cleared out by 20 January.
The enemy has been inside the wire for 8+ years and they’ve been tailoring the entire chain of command
Opposition is to be expected.
identify .. reassign .. replace .. repeat.
I thought the Defense Secretary ran the Pentagon.
Run background checks on them , security check don’t you know
I looked it up: 490. 3 jerks per cell will hold 1500.
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