To be honest, I'd like to have just as many hospital ships - more versatile and able to handle anything from "refugee crisis" to "pandemic outbreak" - as we have carrier groups.
And a definite yes on canceling contracts to reinvest in the people who are our "boots on the ground", whatever branch of service they're in. Actually invest in technology - not even advanced stuff, just the simple shit that even civvies have access to! - that will make the lives of servicemen actually simpler and easier!
I have this absolutely wild dream where instead of the Joint Strike Fighter where we tried to make a single fighter plane that can do everything (but in the end, we still wound up with three drastically different aircraft even though they look the same on the outside), we instead designed an entire family of military aircraft, each one designed for a specific role (superiority fighter, interceptor, light bomber, ground assault, EWAR, COM/CON, etc). And to offset the cost? Have them share a vast majority of their internal components. The only unique parts should be the air frames themselves - they should even share the same engines where possible.
(From what I understand, the Russians were good at this sort of thing. Just look at how the MiG fighters really hit their stride during the Korean War.)
Yeesh. The way things are now are so messed up. They try to shuffle people in and out of the service as quickly as possibly. Forget about investing in people! If you don't work out, they'll have another fresh-faced recruit that hardly knows what they're doing taking your place in no time! Because that's how we roll now! </s>
And a definite yes on canceling contracts to reinvest in the people who are our "boots on the ground", whatever branch of service they're in. Actually invest in technology - not even advanced stuff, just the simple shit that even civvies have access to! - that will make the lives of servicemen actually simpler and easier!
I have this absolutely wild dream where instead of the Joint Strike Fighter where we tried to make a single fighter plane that can do everything (but in the end, we still wound up with three drastically different aircraft even though they look the same on the outside), we instead designed an entire family of military aircraft, each one designed for a specific role (superiority fighter, interceptor, light bomber, ground assault, EWAR, COM/CON, etc). And to offset the cost? Have them share a vast majority of their internal components. The only unique parts should be the air frames themselves - they should even share the same engines where possible.
(From what I understand, the Russians were good at this sort of thing. Just look at how the MiG fighters really hit their stride during the Korean War.)
Yeesh. The way things are now are so messed up. They try to shuffle people in and out of the service as quickly as possibly. Forget about investing in people! If you don't work out, they'll have another fresh-faced recruit that hardly knows what they're doing taking your place in no time! Because that's how we roll now! </s>