Comments on: The Vision Thing

By: Shadow

Shadow — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:07:35 +0000

The only way to fix this is to staff up some more fleets (no ships or planes, mind, but staffs without end)….

By: Old Fat Sailor

Old Fat Sailor — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:50:21 +0000

I dont know, LL the old Hy Quan My Co Vanh’s (sp?) mantra may apply, “We are the unwilling, led by the unqualified, to do the unnecessary for the ungrateful.” Mahan didn’t say didly about nation building. but what would I know I’m only a deck ape?

By: John

John — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:04:48 +0000

Bet they don’t eliminate the Diversity czars as a cost saving move. Gotta keep up the quotas.

Plus, we will have many added mandates via earmarks to do all sorts of specific, useless crap with “DOD money” that will be taken from the same old pot, not plussed up to add it in to cover the frivolous functions so loved by the Obamacrats.

By: Skippy-san

Skippy-san — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:06:45 +0000

Curtis,

I’m not so sure that we are back to building holidays-but nothing is going to happen for the next few months until PB-10 comes out.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:02:48 +0000

Bad news guys, I think we’re heading back to Threat Based Assessments and building holidays for the USAF and USN. The ground pogues will be lucky to replace their dead and damaged hardware. The rest of us can expect to do more with less for the next 8 years. What did a viper, hog, eagle or LCS do for a grateful nation over the last 3 years? Nothing worth funding at anything like a realistic level.

If we were really really smart we’d think of how to transfer a lot of capability into the National Guard quietly and garner support at the local level to retain at least some force structure. “key, local level means to get your reps and senators to clamor about jobs in their districts.”

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:47:31 +0000

chic[k] hast recht. I dunno if we really ought to have a separate AF, much as I honor the AF guys in my family.

However, if we _are_ going to have an Air Force, they should not have to fly airplanes, all of which are very old and fixin to come apart.