Obama unveils new strategy for 'leaner' US military

[TonyBelch]

Obama unveils new strategy for 'leaner' US military

So the USA is going to stop spending almost $500 billion over the next 10 years. At last some sense.

The UK has the 3rd highest military budget and still hasn't got a serviceable aircraft carrier! We spend more than Russia and we are starting to make soldiers redundant? Something stinks in these finances.

[Atheist-Lite]

Obama unveils new strategy for 'leaner' US military

So the USA is going to stop spending almost $500 billion over the next 10 years. At last some sense.

The UK has the 3rd highest military budget and still hasn't got a serviceable aircraft carrier! We spend more than Russia and we are starting to make soldiers redundant? Something stinks in these finances.

Too many chiefs and they are all fat buggers too.

[TonyBelch]

Obama unveils new strategy for 'leaner' US military

So the USA is going to stop spending almost $500 billion over the next 10 years. At last some sense.

The UK has the 3rd highest military budget and still hasn't got a serviceable aircraft carrier! We spend more than Russia and we are starting to make soldiers redundant? Something stinks in these finances.

Too many chiefs and they are all fat buggers too.

I think we actually have more Admirals than ships.

[FBM]

Maybe all that money is going into those spiffy uniforms.

[TonyBelch]

Maybe all that money is going into those spiffy uniforms.

Exactly. More likely it's getting greased around the contractors in perfectly legal contracts that end up with bonuses for the contractors who then hire the retired military staff as 'consultants' at £1,000+ a day. Big fucking gravy train!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Maybe all that money is going into those spiffy uniforms.

The very picture of a modern major general.


Oh, wait....

[MrJonno]

More generals than operational tanks as well

[Bella Fortuna]

More generals than operational tanks as well

Generally speaking...

[Clinton Huxley]

Now look here, the uniform is the thing. One can't overawe some wretch in a corner of a foreign field without a little pomp and circumstance.

[TonyBelch]

Now look here, the uniform is the thing. One can't overawe some wretch in a corner of a foreign field without a little pomp and circumstance.

Or a gravestone possibly?

[Clinton Huxley]

When Horse Guards starts cutting my gold braid and frogging allowance, that is when I shall man the barricades.

[JimC]

The US will now ignore the Atlantic and Europe, you're on your own, chaps.

The Pacific has finally won out. Admiral King will be chortling in his grave...

And the Pacific Fleet will continue to protect Oz, as long as there are Bondi babes of negotiable virtue (or better still, enthusiastic amateurs...)

[TonyBelch]

When Horse Guards starts cutting my gold braid and frogging allowance, that is when I shall man the barricades.

Are we in some sort of time warp here or have I missed a memo?

[TonyBelch]

The US will now ignore the Atlantic and Europe, you're on your own, chaps.

The Pacific has finally won out. Admiral King will be chortling in his grave...

And the Pacific Fleet will continue to protect Oz, as long as there are Bondi babes of negotiable virtue (or better still, enthusiastic amateurs...)

If only that were true.

[Eddie]

Might be true, from what I've heard they're leaving Bondsteel, and leaving it under EU command... Dunno about other bases in Europe, but I recon Europe doesn't really need protection does it?