‘Deploy or get out’ policy may not have forced out any troops at all

By: Leo Shane III March 23, 2019

PHOTO: Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment stand in formation at the completion of their deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel and Resolute Support on March 5, 2019. (2nd Lt. Steven Pierce/Army)

ARTICLE: Defense officials say no service members have been forced out of the ranks under the Pentagon’s new “deploy or get out” policy put in place last fall, despite comments from the acting defense secretary suggesting tens of thousands of service members were removed from the force in recent months.

Last week, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, acting secretary Patrick Shanahan said that his department has “roughly 21,000 fewer non-deployable service members” since last summer thanks to the policy, which officially went into effect on Oct. 1, 2018.

Under a policy imposed last year by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis — part of his effort to make the force more “lethal” — troops who are unable to meet deployment standards for 12 months are expected to either get a waiver justifying their status or face separation from the force.

MOAR: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/03/22/deploy-or-get-out-policy-may-not-have-forced-out-any-troops-at-all/

Industrial base considerations played role in F-15X decision

By: Valerie Insinna March 23, 2019

PHOTO: The U.S. plans to buy a new model of the F-15, the F-15X. (Staff Sgt. Clayton Cupit/U.S. Air Force)

ARTICLE: WASHINGTON — When it came time for the U.S. Defense Department to make a decision on which fourth-generation fighter to buy for the Air Force, industrial base considerations — and not acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan — helped tip the scale in favor of Boeing’s F-15X, a senior defense official said Friday.

“There were other things on the table” besides the F-15X, said the official, who disclosed that the Pentagon’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office drove the department’s decision to procure new fourth-gen planes to replace the Air Force’s aging F-15C/Ds.

But when CAPE, the Air Force and former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis finally agreed on the broad decision to more fourth-gen fighters, “the conversation then turned to: How are we going to maintain a robust industrial base?” the official said during a briefing with reporters.

MOAR: https://www.defensenews.com/air/2019/03/22/industrial-base-considerations-played-role-in-f-15x-decision/

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Air Force doesn't want F15-X but needs more fighter jets.

https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/air-warfare-symposium/2019/02/28/the-air-force-doesnt-want-f-15x-but-it-needs-more-fighter-jets/

>>5844784

Take your own advice shitposter, breadburner.

>>5844827

Considering the 'draw down' in the east… expect new money making projects "FF" to pop up. The Dem's are well versed in creating new FF's to burn through taxpayer dollars while they launder the funds.

I for one have had my belly full of wars in my lifetime.