There’s a way to cut 40% of the budget and make everyone happy: - budget hawks - China prioritizers - SOF fetishists - Progressive non-interventionists - Isolationists/Restrainers - Technophiles - Navalists - Aerospace companies/enthusiasts - Iron Dome freaks - Canadians Just cut the Army. - ThreadSky

bafriedman.bsky.social • 3 days ago

There’s a way to cut 40% of the budget and make everyone happy:
- budget hawks
- China prioritizers
- SOF fetishists
- Progressive non-interventionists
- Isolationists/Restrainers
- Technophiles
- Navalists
- Aerospace companies/enthusiasts
- Iron Dome freaks
- Canadians

Just cut the Army.

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willowyfox.bsky.social•3 days ago

Transfer Patriot battalions to the Marine Corps or Air Force, they’ll need them more and they understand the air better anyway.

forbesmm.bsky.social•3 days ago

Done. Army zeroed out.

Halfway there! Now what…

(also I have bad news for the SOF fetishists)

donachaidh.bsky.social•3 days ago

Aww look at us with our cute little 2%

grahamj.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh my god they're gonna zero out the AF passthrough aren't they and cripple every single special program

never-say-die.bsky.social•3 days ago

We will be returning the Army to a small force manning West Point and a series of western frontier forts along migrant trails heading to West Coast. All equipment will be sold for scrap. The force will be be reverted to mounted Infantry and Horse Artillery, I will be taking no further questions.

pjgcrow.bsky.social•3 days ago

Need to do this quick they’re currently executing all the CavScouts.

optovichok.bsky.social•3 days ago

Without the army how will the other services be able to go to airborne school and pretend it made them better leaders?

lebonenfant.bsky.social•3 days ago

…or the Marine Corps

isbi.bsky.social•22 hours ago

There is no politically acceptable way to reduce budget spending so much.

drinky-crow.bsky.social•3 days ago

Leaving you with no national actor capable of coordinated opposition to brown shirts. Which, if there is any thread of logic, might be the point. Awfully big If of course.

pjgcrow.bsky.social•3 days ago

Why give Navy private Army when already have Army?

Kill SEALS and Marines. Navy is for boats only and by boats I mean nuclear subs. No need for fleets if you can’t be seen.

Kill A10. Apache better CAS. Kill F16 and F15, ADA not gonna let you get close buddy anywho. Only stealth F22s and B2s.

pjgcrow.bsky.social•3 days ago

Kill Tanks. Why need heavy when Booker do same job but lighter?

Stryker? Na fam. ISV and Whopter choppers.

All infantry Airborne qualified.

Nothing but JFE forever and ever.

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bafriedman.bsky.social•3 days ago

Because doing all of that would net you maybe an 8% cut if you’re lucky.

There is literally nothing as expensive as Big Army except nukes and those are absolutely not getting cut. If you want real cuts, you cut that.

pjgcrow.bsky.social•3 days ago

Marines: unable to detect sarcasm since 1775

gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social•3 days ago

Tough talk from a Department of the Navy

bafriedman.bsky.social•3 days ago

You mean the Department that used to run entire wars and actually win them? Damn right.

nlawscametovisit.bsky.social•3 days ago

Quick name the last successful PEO ships program.

pjgcrow.bsky.social•3 days ago

USS Constitution old Ironsides literally unsinkable. Fuck your Navy we only need three boats. Aww shit your inferior Europoorean timber is no match for superior American shipbuilding.

USA USA USA

gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social•3 days ago

War is a strong word for stealing crates of bananas.

giledpallaeon.bsky.social•3 days ago

whd93.bsky.social•3 days ago

This we’ll defend 💣

khougey.bsky.social•3 days ago

Gonna be real funny whwn they cut the Army for a fight with China, but then Trump invades Panama instead and the Space Force dudes have to go do COIN missions in the jungles instead.

dixondaver.bsky.social•3 days ago

But without the Army, who will actually do all the things the Marines take credit for?

hffrkmp.bsky.social•3 days ago

That would do it. Or they could cut Trump's travel expenses. Make him & Melania sleep in the WH. No trips to Maralago.

bafriedman.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think SOFetishists should be a term. Would save a few characters.

rodmart.bsky.social•3 days ago

So if Ukraine is a glimpse of the future, cutting the army makes sense. JADC2 will be everything?

granitejet.bsky.social•3 days ago

Send us back to the ships full-time like the olden days. The Navy lives on them, why not us, as well?
A MEU and CSG covers most of what we do, anyway.