Washington Examiner
As US military files for bankruptcy, the creditors keep calling
Story by Mackenzie Eaglen • Yesterday 12:13 PM
Across the armed forces, service leaders continue to tout a military getting smaller and older as necessary to free up funds for other priorities. But on their paths to emerging fleets and inventories of 2025 (one short fiscal year from now, essentially), the military is hitting the iceberg of bankruptcy before the vaunted future ever arrives fielded and at scale.
The Navy is simply too small and unready to meet daily global demands for forces, much less confront challenges posed by China. Air Force leaders are telling combatant commanders they need to ask for less air power in the “give-and-take” of supply versus worldwide demand. The Marine Corps commandant has stated bluntly that his service is basically out of the crisis response business—too small and lacking amphibs to respond to allied earthquake victims, train outside of bases in Asia, and help evacuate America’s embassy in Sudan.
So-called divest to invest was always overly risky given the gap in combat power it creates while awaiting replacement or next-generation capabilities. When the newer equipment, technology or capability is delayed, there is no fallback option to mitigate risk. Pentagon leaders are forced to let the calls for help simply go to voicemail.
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