Top Marine softens readiness warning for troops deployed to US-Mexico border

[rangerrebew]

Top Marine softens readiness warning for troops deployed to US-Mexico border

By: Joe Gould  

WASHINGTON — Lead U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officials on Tuesday downplayed concerns that troop deployments to the southern border are hurting military readiness, following a memo from the Marine commandant warning that the deployments are causing problems.

Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and the author of the memo, Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller, told lawmakers there has been no negative impact on troop readiness and that the financial costs have been minimal. Neller emphasized the deployments were one small strain on budgets among eight others he’d outlined, including hurricane damage at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/04/09/top-marine-softens-readiness-warning-for-troops-deployed-to-us-mexico-border/

[Fishrrman]

"Lead U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officials on Tuesday downplayed concerns that troop deployments to the southern border are hurting military readiness"

Hurting "readiness"???????

"Readiness".... FOR WHAT.....?????

Is not defending our southern border against invasion a worthy mission for our military?

Should they not be "ready" for that....????

I was just an enlisted guy -- a draftee -- but these "officials" are... dunderheads.