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gejohnston

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10. we piss a lot of it away of stupid stuff

Reply to kevinbgoode1 (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 01:01 AM

Feb 2013

One thing I noticed about working with the French, Brits, South Koreans, etc. They scrimp on things like nice furniture and painting rocks. I was in Japan when McPeak was PACAF commander. Congress wouldn't give him the money to redecorate the PACAF HQ so he pulled it out of Operations and Training funds.

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Air Force Chief Says 70% of ALL Combat Aircraft 'Non Combat Capable By July' [View all] unhappycamper Feb 2013 OP

Absolutely agree w/you. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #1

If this guy's plan for dealing with budget cuts is to let our planes go NORS ... Scuba Feb 2013 #2

don't know about other commands but gejohnston Feb 2013 #9

Why is it that we spend way more than most of the other powers combined on "defense" kevinbgoode1 Feb 2013 #3

we piss a lot of it away of stupid stuff gejohnston Feb 2013 #10

Sounds like a great excuse for a false flag event think Feb 2013 #4

That strikes me as only possible if every single penny SheilaT Feb 2013 #5

Close some foreign bases and sell them Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #6

+100 more and think Feb 2013 #7

I suspect this is all a part of the various government agencies strategy to fight a budget cut Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #8

Here's a little something the Veterans For Peace put together regarding the subject: unhappycamper Feb 2013 #11