Paratroopers charge through the woods during a frontal attack on an insurgent position during a mountain training exercise on Camp Frank D. Merrill near Dahlonega, Ga., Sept. 21, 2011. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The training teaches mountaineering skills and prepares soldiers for deployment to a mountainous region such as Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod Breaking Faith With Our Heroes And Allies -- Max Boot, Commentary
There have been many warnings issued in recent weeks about the consequences of cutting the defense budget—but little in the way of specifics. That’s because the Defense Department still hasn’t figured out how it will respond to either the $465 billion of cuts Congress has already mandated this year or the additional cuts, amounting in total to roughly a trillion dollars, that could be imposed if a super-committee doesn’t find some alternative this fall. But the House Armed Services Committee’s majority staff has performed a valuable service by releasing a detailed memo spelling out what cuts on this scale would actually entail.
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My Comment: Scary reading .... that's an understatement.
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