Savings beyond those outlined in the CBO scenarios could be achieved by rolling back the Pentagon’s plan to build a new generation of nuclear weapons at a 30 year cost of up to $2 trillion reducing the number of contractor personnel funded by the Pentagon, which now stand at well over a half a million people and taking measures to prevent price gouging and cost overruns that cost the taxpayer untold billions of dollars. with over a million people under arms, supplemented by hundreds of thousands of reservists. The scenarios are well worth exploring in detail, but some key elements of each include concentrating forces on areas of highest risk rather than trying to be everywhere all the time (option one) “avoiding the use of large ground forces in combat operations” in favor of other tactics like naval blockades and no-fly zones (option 2) and focusing on preserving freedom of navigation at sea and in the air and space “by helping allies harden themselves against attack and by building strong regional coalitions of military, economic, and diplomatic partners” (option 3).Įach CBO option entails a significant reduction in active duty military personnel – up to 19% in option one – but this would still leave the U.S. For example, the Congressional Budget Office has produced three illustrative examples of how the Pentagon budget can be reduced by $1 trillion over 10 years while sustaining an effective defense. In sharp contrast to the calls for more spending by Zakheim and other DC insiders, the People Over Pentagon Act is in line with a number of solid analyses of alternative approaches to defense. The Pentagon isn’t likely to propose anything like Zakheim’s fantasy budget when it releases its request next month, but the fact that his proposal is taken seriously enough to appear in a newspaper of record is troubling, to say the least. Taken by itself, Zakheim’s proposed increase would exceed the entire military budget of every other nation in the world, including China’s. Gross Domestic Product, which would push the department’s budget to nearly $1.3 trillion, an increase of more than $400 billion from current levels. Building on a vastly inflated description of the military challenges facing the United States, Zakheim called for an astonishing increase of the Pentagon budget to 5% of the U.S. A recent case in point is an op-ed in the Washington Post by Roger Zakheim, a former lobbyist for big weapons firms like Northrop Grumman, as well as the current Washington director of the arms contractor-funded Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. As excessive as current Pentagon spending plans are, there is no shortage of DC establishment lobbyists, pundits, and members of Congress crying for more.
Story was originally posted to the Davis-Monthan Base website on Aug. “Our defenders will become more versatile and lethal than ever before allowing for better base defense and operations abroad.”
Logan Goode, 355th SFS combat arms instructor. Today’s threats are evolving and our defenders need to as well,” said U.S. “This new course doesn’t only benefit our defenders, it benefits everyone and the assets they are charged with protecting day and night.
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In this first block of training, defenders will be taught how to properly adjust their gunsights, fire from multiple positions using their dominant and non-dominant hand, fire with chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear protection equipment, and how to quickly fix a misfire or weapon malfunction in a firefight. “Once the course of fire goes live it will allow defenders to train every quarter on basic marksmanship fundamentals, tactical firing engagements, and night firing operations.” “The beta test will help work out any kinks that may come with the new course of fire,” Henry said. Air Force Security Forces Center located at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
Throughout the course, Davis-Monthan Defenders and Combat Arms instructors will be giving feedback directly to the U.S. “This training will benefit the Air Force by increasing our defender’s lethality defenders will be shooting, moving, and communicating through the entirety of the course.”ĭavis-Monthan Air Force Base is one of 12 installations participating in this course. George Henry III, 355th SFS combat arms instructor. “This new course of fire will be used to pave the way on how defenders qualify throughout the entire enterprise,” said Tech. Although a course is already in place, this proposed course would be tailored specifically to security forces training objectives. This course is intended to train and test defenders on proper and accurate firearm procedures. Airmen from the 355th Security Forces Squadron were selected as beta testers for a new SF qualification course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Aug.
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