To me i do not care either way but most everyone is brain washed in thinking its all good not only is your moral falling apart so is your country as a whole
The Once super power is no longer and the truth of you being actually weak has shown its self over and over
Facts that is what its all about right ??? but meme away and run from the truth again i don't care Nukes are not pointed my way
America’s military is dangerously weak and unprepared today, and it’s not getting better. At least that’s what top military leaders told Congress recently. Unfortunately, the testimony of these top generals and admirals did not get the attention it deserved.
For the last 15 years, the United States military has not prepared for conflict with a near peer competitor like Russia or China. General Mark Milley, chief of staff of the Army,
shared his worries with Congress, explaining that the Army would be able to handle a serious conflict but “not at a level that is appropriate for what the American people would expect to defend them.”
In other words, because soldiers are not adequately prepared, the U.S. Army would either be late to arrive to a conflict (due to more time for training) or they would send soldiers into harm’s way unprepared.
FACT
The chief of Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson, also
admittedthat there is “a readiness debt that we have had difficulty pulling out of or even making progress on as the funding levels are what they are and the security environment continues to put demands on the force.”
Almost two decades of conflict and years of budget constraints have taken their toll on the military, both in terms of deferred modernization and insufficient readiness
With your Government chopping every sector because of debt sorry your going to be left behind
FACT
Half of the Air Force’s combat forces
are insufficiently prepared for a high-end conflict. The Navy is forced to put more strain on its sailors and ships by
doing eight to ten month deployments, instead of the more manageable 6 months.
All Marine Corps aircraft either
need to be replaced or recapitalized. Not to mention, the Marines’ current
level of Class A mishaps is nearly double the ten year average. Neller confessed that “the simple fact is that we don’t have enough airplanes to meet the training requirements for the entire force.”
Last year, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs
saidthe planned defense budget was “the lower ragged edge of manageable risk need to execute our nation’s defense strategy.” The suggested base defense budget at the time was
$573 billion. This year’s defense budget request is more than $20 billion lower.
If last year’s estimate was the lower ragged edge, this year’s budget request surely is below that edge of manageable risk.
