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FlagDayNCO · 10-22-2013, 08:56

I agree our Army has been reduced well below what any of us would call "Combat Ready", but the definition has changed many times in the recent decades.

When I joined in 1988, my first Line Company had almost 200 hundred men. When I left AD in 1992, three line platoons was reduced to two line platoons. A squad went from 10-13 men, reduced to 7-9 men.

The Department of Army big wigs claim our fighting capabilities, our lethality, has increased per Soldier, so we don't need as many war fighters.

I think this guy is part of the DOD and DA program to convince America they need their money back from the budget cuts/ reductions.

His words: “There is going to come a time when we simply don’t have enough money to provide what I believe to be the right amount of ground forces to conduct contingency operations,”

Everything is about money, for sure, but that has become America's cure-all. Money. I also just caught "Contigency Operations"... Don't they say "WAR!" anymore?

How about saving a few Billion Dollars by not increasing the General Officer staffing? How about purging these Generals that are in bed with DOD Contractors for lucrative design contracts.

I know we need to modernize the force, but not at the expense of boots on the ground. That is what really matters, regardless of the missions.

10-22-2013, 08:56	#2
FlagDayNCO Guerrilla Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: KEYSTONE STATE, Bucks County Posts: 252	Readiness or Money Talk? I agree our Army has been reduced well below what any of us would call "Combat Ready", but the definition has changed many times in the recent decades. When I joined in 1988, my first Line Company had almost 200 hundred men. When I left AD in 1992, three line platoons was reduced to two line platoons. A squad went from 10-13 men, reduced to 7-9 men. The Department of Army big wigs claim our fighting capabilities, our lethality, has increased per Soldier, so we don't need as many war fighters. I think this guy is part of the DOD and DA program to convince America they need their money back from the budget cuts/ reductions. His words: “There is going to come a time when we simply don’t have enough money to provide what I believe to be the right amount of ground forces to conduct contingency operations,” Everything is about money, for sure, but that has become America's cure-all. Money. I also just caught "Contigency Operations"... Don't they say "WAR!" anymore? How about saving a few Billion Dollars by not increasing the General Officer staffing? How about purging these Generals that are in bed with DOD Contractors for lucrative design contracts. I know we need to modernize the force, but not at the expense of boots on the ground. That is what really matters, regardless of the missions. __________________ Flag Day NCO "Fundamental truths are our most powerful weapon and chief among those truths is the sanctity of the individual right to self-determination." Trapper John The Cold War didn't end, communism still lives and has come to America. The Insurgency is going well, especially with the enemy at the table of every branch of our Federal, State, and Local Government.
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