Where are the brains behind this current base closure list? Removing a trauma center from San Antonio? Dumb. Is it really cheaper to add new facilities at BAMC, than to use a perfectly good hospital at Lackland?
Why are they closing so many Reserve Centers? The military has a retention problem and a recruitment problem, so why make it harder for reservists to serve? If a reservist has to drive 100+ miles to monthly drills, on their own unreimbursed dime, how many will sign up or re-up if they have to drive farther to drill? The only time a reservist is reimbursed for travel is for active duty, like 2 week training annually or a required class, otherwise reservists do it all on their own money. For enlisted personnel particularly, serving in the Reserves is a definitely out of patriotism, it is certainly not for the money. Now the nincompoops inside the beltway will make it harder for these folks in particular.
If we are closing all these bases, where do we put the personnel the Pentagon wants to bring back from overseas? (Another brillant idea of the idiots in DC). Some have already admitted we don't have the military instrastructure to support bringing thousands of troops home from overseas. More on that in another post.
How many military personnel make up the actual list? How many have actual brains?
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