Compass Points - DOGE is Coming
Deliverance or Destruction?
November 19, 2024
Marine Corps Compass Points
The incoming administration is establishing a new office named DOGE - Department of Government Efficiency. The purpose of DOGE is to review, streamline, and prune federal government departments, offices, and agencies. DOGE will be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Musk has been widely quoted saying the federal government budget could be significantly shrunk by at least $2 trillion. The outcome of a DOGE review will mean that some agencies will win increases to their budgets, some agencies will have their budgets cut, and some agencies will be eliminated altogether. If DOGE decides to inspect the Marine Corps, how will the Marine Corps be rated? Will the Marine Corps impress the DOGE inspectors and win a larger budget? Will the Marine Corps budget be cut? Or will the Marine Corps be eliminated all together?
Traditionally, the Marine Corps has always been the best value in US combat capabilities. One Forbes article “How The Marines Plan To Win Washington's Budget Wars” explains:
Over the last few months, I've talked to several senior Marines, and the picture that emerges is of an organization that is downright eager to tell its story to policymakers . . .[Senior Marines] think the capabilities their service contributes to the joint warfighting portfolio are so useful and inexpensive that they are bound to win the battle for future funding.
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