via Defense One.
Best case scenario? Sequestration continues. Worst case. Cuts are even deeper.
The Republicans will not save the defense budget which means that if it isn't flowing now, it will be difficult to get that program later.
What does that mean for the USMC?
We're fucked. Amos dithered with the ACV/MPC programs, pushed forward the F-35 and the MV-22 at the cost of everything else and I am seriously questioning the wisdom of it all.
All you airpower zealots better be right because if you're not history and future Marines will curse you and todays JCS.
A group of Republican lawmakers are proposing to slash the civilian workforce at the Defense Department by 15 percent, a move they estimate will save $82.5 billion over five years.Lets see. The defense hawks on the republican side are the like of McCain, Graham, and a few others that escape my memory. Fiscal hawks are being led by the odd couple of Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.
The Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees, or REDUCE, Act would cut nearly 115,000 jobs from the department, from the current 770,000-person workforce down to about 655,000. Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., who introduced the measure, said the Defense workforce has become unnecessarily bloated over the last decade.
Best case scenario? Sequestration continues. Worst case. Cuts are even deeper.
The Republicans will not save the defense budget which means that if it isn't flowing now, it will be difficult to get that program later.
What does that mean for the USMC?
We're fucked. Amos dithered with the ACV/MPC programs, pushed forward the F-35 and the MV-22 at the cost of everything else and I am seriously questioning the wisdom of it all.
All you airpower zealots better be right because if you're not history and future Marines will curse you and todays JCS.
