NK is in much worse shape.
Time to quit playing the world’s policeman. It will bankrupt the nation and destroy the republic.
You have to remember that war winning was not a goal of the previous administration and they would consider readiness to be number of cross dressers, homosexuals, women in combat, communists at West Point, Muslims, etc. Like termites in raw wood, those have all eaten away at our war fighting readiness for years and now we can expect disaster in combat. Why hasnt anyone in Washington rung this fire bell in the night to alert Trump? His Generals all seem ok with the current state of the military, bitter testimony to their rise in the ranks as Obama’s Generals.
I have this fear that the US Military will collasp like a house of cards if we get into a real fight. That gay Marxist did too much damage and Mattis isn’t fixing it.
We don’t need more defense spending debt placed on the young.
Red Platoon
“The common theme across the services,” the Index editors write, “is one of force degradation resulting from many years of underinvestment, poor execution of modernization programs, and the negative effects of budget sequestration (cuts in funding) on readiness and capacity.”
You can call it “underinvestment”, “poor execution of modernization programs”, and “the negative effects of budget sequestration”, or you can just sum it all up with one five letter word; O-B-A-M-A.
The military can not be rebuilt over night (or in 10 months).
It shows total ignorance to try to fault Trump in this.
The times they are a’changing.
I have a friend that just promoted to Lt. Col. in the USMC. Look for major changes in the next couple of years.
I worry that McCain and the turtle will kill any increase in defense spending.
Trump has promised $7 trillion for the military over the next decade.
He sees the problem. He’s the problem solver.
I’d swap the marines and air for e
This is an area that Trump has stated he will address.
The same song was sung prior to the first Gulf War, lots of hand wringing, worries about troop readiness, Saddam Hussein’s forces were battle hardened after a war w/ Iran, etc etc etc. Once the real shooting started, what was it, 96 hours? The Iraqis melted...So that’s not to say 8 yrs of Obama hasn’t taken its toll, but no other country can go toe to toe with the best equipped and best trained fighting force ever seen. Are there weaknesses? Certainly, but look at the enemies.
If it was not for Ukraine and for the Republic of Georgia resisting, the Euros would have already surrendered to Russia
This article and the Heritage Foundation Index of Military Strength (http://www.heritage.org/military-strength) might be of some interest.
The Executive Summary is a worthwhile read. It concludes with this statement: “As currently postured, the U.S. military is only marginally able to meet the demands of defending America’s vital national interests.”
Is it possible that the failure of leadership at West Point re: 2LT Rapone is indicative of a failure of leadership throughout the military?
The evidence would indicate that we have an on-going and systemic failure of leadership, certainly at the top levels of our civilian and military hierarchy, who seem to be obsessed with “Political Correctness” and “Social Justice” issues and not with providing our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines with the wherewithal to kill people and break things!
It pains me to think that the Navy I served in for 28 1/2 years is rated by Heritage as “marginal,” and the overall United States’ military posture is rated as “marginal,” trending toward “weak.”
Congress bears a considerable responsibility for this sad state of affairs, but our former Democrat Presidents bear an even greater share of the blame.
Of course, We the People elected these Bozos! So, We the People are certainly as much to blame as the Bozos!
I pray that President Trump can begin to set the military establishment right in his 8 years as POTUS, and that we have the time and resources to do so!
I’ll close with Pogo’s famous comment: “We have met the enemy, and he is us!”