Thursday, June 17, 2021
The Commandant says he has nothing left to cut?
via Military Times.
Making his case before the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday for the Marine Corps' $47.86 billion budget request, Berger said he has reduced headquarters staffing by 15%, cut legacy systems and end strength, and has nothing left to draw from to fund programs and projects.
"We have wrung just about everything we can out of the Marine Corps internally," Berger said. "We're at the limits of what I can do."
The Marine Corps' budget request represents a 6.2% increase from fiscal 2021, even as the service plans to reduce the size of the active-duty force by 2,700, to 178,500 Marines.
So Berger's Folly gives us a smaller force.
Less capable force.
Only useful in the Pacific against the Chinese.
Yet he's requesting a 6.2% increase in monies? But wait it gets better!
https://www.snafu-solomon.com/2021/06/the-commandant-says-he-has-nothing-left.html
