Navy warns it’s running out of
capabilities to cut, budget
moves threaten readiness
Washington Times,
by
Joseph Clark
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
7/21/2021 10:24:44 PM
The Navy warned Congress today that it is quickly reaching the end of the line on divestments before cutting into capabilities needed for deterrence and war fighting. Lawmakers from the Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee questioned both the Navy and the Air Force on their divestment decisions at a hearing as Congress continues to parse the proposed budget for 2022. “The challenge that we’re facing now is that the good ideas, the things that we don’t think we need to bring to the future fight, we’re starting to run out of that,” said Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources Vice Adm. Randy Crites.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
MDConservative 7/21/2021 10:36:07 PM (No. 853017)
And now we turn to our allies and ask them...what are you contributing to your and our mutual defense? And the answer will be stammered...uh, well, yes, um... The US policy makers want boots on the ground, ships in the waters and planes/missiles in the air around the world. But they won't explain why we spent trillions and failed to build a cohesive political situation in Afghanistan and Iraq. They have difficulty explaining why Americans are protecting potentates and despots. And, finally, whether American borders are not their duty to enforce, our sovereignty to protect. Just send them the billions they so badly need...
18 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
anniebc 7/21/2021 10:47:30 PM (No. 853029)
Cut the social spending and you'll be fine, you whiny babies.
31 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Blackbird 7/21/2021 11:04:33 PM (No. 853043)
Who cares if our navy can fight any enemy and win? The important thing is to ensure we have no “white supremacy” and maximum diversity plus our fair share of various perverts in the ranks.
35 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
EQKimball 7/22/2021 12:06:22 AM (No. 853070)
If the CCP wins, there will be no interest in DEI, BLM, white privilege, reparations, climate change, guaranteed income, sanctuary cities, welfare, single payer healthcare, LGTBQ. There will be only masters and slaves.
22 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
danu 7/22/2021 12:09:58 AM (No. 853071)
These gits couldn't even run a bath-much less float a boat in it. or rubber duckie.
14 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
panther361 7/22/2021 12:11:42 AM (No. 853073)
As a Navy brat until age 15, this saddens me deeply to learn this situation. Partly, this is the "hate the country, hate the military" mantra of the sixties coming to fruition. I love life dearly a greet each day with renewed outlook for being granted another. But then sometimes I am glad to be closer to the end of the trail than the beginning. God bless America and the Navy.
26 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
local500 7/22/2021 1:49:43 AM (No. 853124)
But they have diversity and uniforms for pregnant women, trans can serve so that's all that matters.
When we get attacked they can throw diversity and accuse those who attack us of racism. Wars usually are won that way, according to democrats.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 7/22/2021 1:59:57 AM (No. 853133)
The intent of the Demonrats, working to help the ChiComs, is to wipe out the military.
15 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
mifla 7/22/2021 5:25:48 AM (No. 853170)
You can kiss Taiwan godbye.
14 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/22/2021 7:17:26 AM (No. 853234)
No worries, BLM and Antifa are getting all the money they need to continue the destruction of the country and able-bodied people are being well-paid not to work so who needs a Navy? The march to destruction is going splendidly.
11 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Red Jeep 7/22/2021 7:19:23 AM (No. 853236)
When will the public ever learn? Vote Democrats in and the military and the economy go to h_ll.
11 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
DW626 7/22/2021 7:28:49 AM (No. 853252)
Part of the problem #11 is we didn’t vote democrat. They cheated and stole many of these elections.
15 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
chance_232 7/22/2021 7:46:59 AM (No. 853270)
When I was in the Navy, during the Reagan years, our fleet was just shy of his 600 ship goal. Today, we are at 290.
The Chinese fleet is larger than the US fleet. Although their Bluewater navy is half of ours. The Chineese can't project power globally like we can, but we would be hard pressed to defeat their navy in their own waters.
8 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
downnout 7/22/2021 8:09:01 AM (No. 853292)
Stop spending money on diversity and sensitivity training and use it to train proper ship handling.
9 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
dadofboys 7/22/2021 8:23:22 AM (No. 853301)
IRT to comment that even though the chinese navy is bigger than ours, it doesn't have blue water projection like we do, The Chinese DONT NEED bluewater projection to foil the US Navy . Everything important over there is happening within the nearby island chains which are easily reached by the PLA Navy.
3 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 7/22/2021 9:28:47 AM (No. 853351)
Maybe save that money you spent on nice looking pregnant uniforms for females and time seeking white people with thoughts of racism every where you look. Time wasted with money spent on nothing that's your problem. At this point I really don't care because the military with woke leadership with dumb ideas brought this on themselves. The Deliverance Banjo Boy wants to nuke American gun owners first so why do we need armed forces to protect us when the government wants to kill us?
4 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Zigrid 7/22/2021 10:52:41 AM (No. 853471)
Next on china's to/do list... incapacitate America's military...looks like biden/obama is right on the front burner with that... remember when President Trump took office... he told US... the cupboards were bear... obama had left pilots to search garbage dumps for spare parts for their planes...he's at it again..tearing down the military except for classes on how bad whitey is....OMG the man is the devil...as one theologian suggested 10 years ago....
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/22/2021 11:02:39 AM (No. 853483)
Hmmm, if the DOD quits wasting money on CRT maybe they can buy toilet paper to dry their eyes!
4 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
NotaBene 7/22/2021 11:58:12 AM (No. 853557)
The US Navy could start by giving their Women navigating lessons on how to avoid colliding with merchant ships.
The top Admiral should look in the mirror and realize he is White while his superior Idi Amin is minority.
Also, the Navy should follow Donaldus Magnus advice and use steam catapults in the unfinished Gerald Ford carrier.
2 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Venturer 7/22/2021 12:32:17 PM (No. 853608)
Number 3 is exactly right.
0 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 7/22/2021 5:12:10 PM (No. 853876)
Maybe cutting out the expense of turning everyone into a tranny would save them a few bucks that could be used for some fuel or ammo.
2 people like this.
Not paying $300 a gallon for greenie biofuels would be a good start, too.
2 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
rochow 7/22/2021 6:43:46 PM (No. 853949)
The First Vegetable is already on a secret line to China reporting that everything is going according to plan
2 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
coldoc 7/22/2021 9:27:05 PM (No. 854039)
When your hiring criteria is must be a pc-brain dead idiot, things aren't going to go well.
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Deterrence and war fighting? I thought the goal of the Navy was to recruit and promote transgender sailors, and to combat homophobia and the idea that White people are anything but bad.