Rumsfeld to close 33 military bases

Post-9/11 Era Forum

Lawmakers scramble to save bases
Pentagon recommends closing 30-plus major military facilities

Shoot, we don't need these anymore....we have no major enemies....we're safe here!

Let's just export our military! Why not, it will be the WalMart military of the world!

maybe it's time to beef up state militias

The US military, factually, is already a product of massive exportation. Does anyone have figures about its repartition throughout the world ? Certainly very interesting.

They have been closing bases here since Nixon and the end of the cold war. What does that tell us?
That those bases were built during the cold war and are staffed with a minumal amout of troops. There is no need for a base built for 4000 and have only 1000 troops there. Some are old and an in need of a complete over haul.
Add to this, we have a different Army than we used to have. We can get buy with a lot less feet on the ground because of better equipment.

From what I can tell this is a reorg.
Much like a corporation reorg.
No bases lost in my state, in fact much of the operations will be moved here.
That is no surprise.

Shrinking the military in this capacity may be a good thing.

Good.

Taking a closer look, these "bases" are mostly weapons depots, recruiting centers, and reserve camps.

Few were bases at all. Mountain out of a molehill. *Sigh*