Military Reorganization

lookout123 · 08-16-2004, 01:22 PM

Cnn Story

Fox Story
The fox story is pretty lame, but i thought i would put both links in.

Looks like the realignment of US troops that we've been hearing about for some time is going to happen. Bush announced that 100,000 troops will be shuffled around, in theory, to leave behind the old cold war posture and put us into a better position to respond to the new threat of terrorism.
While this is probably a good thing, it does make me a little nervous in that government has a tendency to prepare the military for the war that it just fought rather than truly have a vision for the future. Since the time i went in the military i've been hearing talk of going to mega-bases. in theory if we close bases around the world and consolidate their functions stateside, it is more cost-effective and we can just send the appropriate force to any hot spot in the world. the only problem is that if we don't already have a hard base, it can be difficult to establish a presence where we need our people to be.

we'll have to see if rumsfeld and the gang can put together a reasonable, functional, and attractive plan to accomplish this.

any thoughts?

08-16-2004, 01:22 PM	#1
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Military Reorganization Cnn Story Fox Story The fox story is pretty lame, but i thought i would put both links in. Looks like the realignment of US troops that we've been hearing about for some time is going to happen. Bush announced that 100,000 troops will be shuffled around, in theory, to leave behind the old cold war posture and put us into a better position to respond to the new threat of terrorism. While this is probably a good thing, it does make me a little nervous in that government has a tendency to prepare the military for the war that it just fought rather than truly have a vision for the future. Since the time i went in the military i've been hearing talk of going to mega-bases. in theory if we close bases around the world and consolidate their functions stateside, it is more cost-effective and we can just send the appropriate force to any hot spot in the world. the only problem is that if we don't already have a hard base, it can be difficult to establish a presence where we need our people to be. we'll have to see if rumsfeld and the gang can put together a reasonable, functional, and attractive plan to accomplish this. any thoughts? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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