Reducing the Footprint: Post Combat Operations, Budget Cuts, and Modern Day Sequestration
Abstract
If sequestration is implemented and the DOD faces additional cuts in the upcoming years it will be devastated at an unprecedented level largely due to the nature of the world today. The budget deficit has never been larger but the world has never been more chaotic and in need of properly trained and equipped service members who are world-wide deployable and able to respond to a litany of problems. Further cuts would limit the ability of the military to engage in more than one contest as well as the ability for these forces to engage in a protracted engagement from an execution or sustainment standpoint. Sequestration would prevent further procurement and would limit innovation for equipment that is either outdated or too heavy for all operating environments. The worldwide reach called for in the NSS and NMS will need to be modified to reflect the operational capability of a reduced force. While this process has been repeated in a similar fashion throughout the modern age, the key difference the US currently faces is that there is not a singular threat but rather a mix of possible state and non-state actors capable of operating in various forms of warfare.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 02, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA601620
Entities
People
- Joseph J. Mcmenamin
Organizations
- Marine Corps University