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Although the U.S. Congress spent trillions of dollars on the U.S. military, military bases are crumbling to the tune of billions in repairs or rebuilding.

‘THE BILL WILL NOT MOVE’: A showdown is looming over efforts by Republican lawmakers who are seeking to end the military’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement — a policy that has resulted in thousands of troops being discharged at a time when all the services are facing recruiting challenges.

We need to cut weapons spending, trim the bloated ranks of the military bureaucracy and reign in runaway pay and benefits Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the nation Saturday in his speech from the steps of the Eisenhower Library in Kansas. And that speech came a few days after Gates warned the Navy to rethink its reliance on a carrier fleet of the current size, on enormously expensive new nuclear submarnes and he urged the Marines to reexamine its amphibious mission and placed crosshairs on ...

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The Pentagon plans to build 100 B-21s so far, six of which are in development.

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A proper debate about the size of the government should take into account the military’s unique emphasis within the Constitution.

The Pentagon strategy was forged in cooperation with the White House. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The U.S. military force structure envisioned by the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and the President’s FY 2012 budget request is inadequate to protect vital U.S. national interests. After the “procurement holiday” during the 1990s and the wear and tear of the “long war against terrorism” in Iraq and Afghanistan, all military services urgently need to recapitalize and modernize their inventories. Over the long term, failure to invest the funds needed to rebuild the U.S. military in the...

The US Navy's newest aircraft carrier embarked on its maiden deployment Tuesday, a milestone for a ship that has suffered problems with some of the advanced