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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 1990790" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>But what would this board be like if people didn't jump to unsupported conclusions randomly while huffing and puffing in indignation? LOL Some of the research and the purchases are total BS but most aren't - the vast majority of spending is driven by pay and benefits...primarily for enlisted folks as you might expect. Operations and maintenance are the next biggest bunch, then, IIRC procurement. R&D of all types is a relatively small piece of the budget.</p><p></p><p>I say instead - let's shrink the large number of ready combat ground forces and focus on modernization - keeping a core of highly trained forward thinking and constantly innovating senior NCOs, and officers. Also for the forces that we do keep - time to tilt toward air and sea power and modernized equipment.</p><p></p><p>As to all of the "get rid of generals" types - we can, easily, roll back a numberof 4-star to three-star commands and so forth and should do so. However, the force doesn't organize and synchronize itself. We need to be leaner but not brain-dead and the senior officers are the brain-trust and decision making center of the military. The senior NCOs are the "sinews" and the enforcers of discipline and the enlisted force are the muscles and bones. </p><p></p><p>Now someone here will tell me how their NCOs ran their unit and the officers weren't worth a darn, etc. but that is anecdotal and tells one nothing about how to organize and prepare a military (versus a single unit) for combat. The funds and the weapons and the weapons development and the logistics systems are established and developed by non-grunts and are all necessary precursors to a successful combat force.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 1990790, member: 18914"] But what would this board be like if people didn't jump to unsupported conclusions randomly while huffing and puffing in indignation? LOL Some of the research and the purchases are total BS but most aren't - the vast majority of spending is driven by pay and benefits...primarily for enlisted folks as you might expect. Operations and maintenance are the next biggest bunch, then, IIRC procurement. R&D of all types is a relatively small piece of the budget. I say instead - let's shrink the large number of ready combat ground forces and focus on modernization - keeping a core of highly trained forward thinking and constantly innovating senior NCOs, and officers. Also for the forces that we do keep - time to tilt toward air and sea power and modernized equipment. As to all of the "get rid of generals" types - we can, easily, roll back a numberof 4-star to three-star commands and so forth and should do so. However, the force doesn't organize and synchronize itself. We need to be leaner but not brain-dead and the senior officers are the brain-trust and decision making center of the military. The senior NCOs are the "sinews" and the enforcers of discipline and the enlisted force are the muscles and bones. Now someone here will tell me how their NCOs ran their unit and the officers weren't worth a darn, etc. but that is anecdotal and tells one nothing about how to organize and prepare a military (versus a single unit) for combat. The funds and the weapons and the weapons development and the logistics systems are established and developed by non-grunts and are all necessary precursors to a successful combat force. [/QUOTE]
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