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Fewer Troops Prompts BRAC Talk
More military base closures and cuts are unavoidable. It’s just a matter of when, some observers say.
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Debate Over Army’s Future Vehicle Raises Question: Why Heavy Armor?
Army officials and manufacturers of combat vehicles have shifted into damage-control mode as the service’s flagship armor-modernization program comes under attack on multiple fronts.
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Beyond F-35: Rep. Forbes & Adm. Greenert on Cyber, Drones & Carriers
What homemade roadside bombs could do to Army and Marine ground vehicles was the ugly surprise of the last decade. What sophisticated long-range missiles could do to Navy aircraft carriers could be the ugly surprise of the next. “I think it would almost follow like the night to the day,” Rep. Randy Forbes told me in a recent interview. “The last decade… we asked a disproportionate sacrifice from the Army and Marine Corps,” he went on. “The next decade’s going to be the decade of seapower and projection forces, [and] some of those ugly surprises we see bits and pieces of already/.../”
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Pentagon Finds That Furloughs Can’t Be One-Size-Fits-All
Through months of hand-wringing over automatic budget cuts facing the federal government, the Defense Department has insisted that most of its 800,000 civilian employees will feel the same pain if the department decides to furlough its workers.
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Beyond F-35: Rep. Forbes & Adm. Greenert on Cyber, Drones & Carriers
What homemade roadside bombs could do to Army and Marine ground vehicles was the ugly surprise of the last decade. What sophisticated long-range missiles could do to Navy aircraft carriers could be the ugly surprise of the next. "I think it would almost follow like the night to the day," Rep. Randy Forbes told me in a recent interview. "The last decade... we asked a disproportionate sacrifice from the Army and Marine Corps," he went on. "The next decade's going to be the decade of seapower and projection forces, [and] some of those ugly surprises we see bits and pieces of already."
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Odierno: Army Reviewing Missile Defense Portfolio As Importance Rises
The Army is conducting a complete review of its missile defense portfolio to see how the service can meet requirements in the Asia Pacific region and around the world, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said.