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 Sequestration would prevent further procurement and would limit innovation for equipment that is either outdated or too heavy for all operating environments.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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 2013
Accession Number
ADA601620

Entities

People

  • Joseph J. Mcmenamin

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Areas
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Hybrid Warfare
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Terrorism
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting