Downsizing ideas

       Been there, done that. Here we go, again.

            Forget the law, just cut the funding for the people who man the ships and ground gear, including the aviation gear. Even cut battalions and aircraft carriers and their air wings, too, and through the people funding side of things. 

            The Navy usually calls it moth balling. The USMC usually calls it things like preserving, including old time terms like “going into cadre”. I don’t know what the Army or Air Force call it.

 

            Basically we Americans are preserving the gear, putting it into mothballs as best we can, and anticipating if we to have bring it back and man it later. Usually ammo production is being reduced, too. 

            The politicians are just hedging their bets, and wishing for the best as they save money. 

            In this case, to get the gear out of mothballs, and spin it up, including manning the gear, does take time, like usually a year or more. After all, we Americans do have to get and train the people, plus restore this gear, build schools and other facilities, etc. I suspect most politicians think they can just borrow their way if need be. 

            In the meantime, we Americans just knee jerk, as best we can and with what we have left over.