Well, we all know that money can be better spent on LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ discrimination studies.
Enabled by Mister Boehner’s foolish budget sequestration deal, one suspects.
How much money are they wasting on the embarrassing F-35 moonpig?
Our military under democrats is always underfunded.
The Marines for decades seem to be even more underfunded.
Every petty officer and above in the Navy knew how to use comshaw to swap for needed stuff with other Navy guys to keep their ships and offices running.
See definition of comshaw in the link below with many other interesting Navy terms:
Below is just one of probably a million examples of why our military is underfunded:
Feds awarded $600G for study on why people cheat on taxes
It was like this under Jimmah Cahrter. Tanks couldn’t roll for want of parts, fuel and ammo. Choppers deadlined for want of parts. It sucked.
From Marineparents.com:
“The Few. The Proud.”
“The Few. The Proud. The Marines.” is the Marine Corps’ advertising slogan. It won a place on Madison Avenue’s Advertising Walk of Fame during Advertising Week 2007. “This slogan reflects the unique character of the Marine Corps and underscores the high caliber of those who join and serve their country as Marines,” said Maj. Gen. Richard T. Tryon, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruiting Command.
We saw the same thing under Carter: 1/3 of all aircraft were airworthy. I remember RAF Lakenheath only being able to get 1/3 of their F-111s into the air on any given day. During Reagan’s years that number exceeded 3/4.
I talked with one Marine veteran. She said the desk she worked at was Army surplus - only had 3 legs.
The F-35 is sucking the resources from other essential equipment
Poor allocation of resources doesn't equal underfunding.
The Marines, for example, are roughly at their 1942 strength, but have more high ranking officers than they managed with in wartime. Cut the commandant back to 3, or even 2 stars, with a corresponding reduction in both number and rank of general officers. (Current top ranks are along the lines of what they had when the Marines had about a half million men.