105 Admirals: Obama’s Cuts to Navy Brings U.S. Safety Down to All Time Low


The Navy cancelled another highly successful program, the Hellfire Missile, at the end of 2015.

But Obama isn’t satisfied with eliminating those to elements of America’s naval superiority, now we see he’s letting our entire fleet deteriorate.

America’s naval power is well below the level needed to defend this country.

Obama’s determination to reduce our military to rubble prompted even the Washington Times to state that our President has already ‘decimated’ our military to the point where we can’t properly defend ourselves.

Download the document from Admirals here.

“We are concerned that if the Department of the Navy is required to continue to respond to crisis after crisis without the funding needed to build new ships, repair old equipment and provide routine maintenance to existing equipment, the nation risks permanent damage to our national defense and negative impacts on the domestic and international economies that rely on the safety and security that U.S. sea power provides,” said the letter sent by the service advocacy group Navy Now.

“As retired admirals and generals who have had the privilege of leading our military forces, we write to express our concern that the United States Department of the Navy is underfunded and overextended, placing our national defense, our Sailors and Marines, and the stability of the global economy at risk,” they added in the letter provided to Secrets.

The retired admirals included vice chiefs of staffs, regional commanders and aircraft group commanders. Retired Marine Corps Commandant James Conway also signed the letter posted below.

Among their demands:

— Build and maintain 306 ships (an increase from 289 today).

— Continue to provide vital combat support to our forces wherever they may be engaged.

— Update and maintain existing aircraft, invest in new designs and continue with critical modernization programs.

— Restore the fleet maintenance schedule that has been badly disrupted by 13 years of war combined with severe reductions in the number of ships.

— Replenish weapons inventories to required levels.

— Invest in the next-generation capabilities necessary for the Navy to remain relevant in the future.

Source: washingtonexaminer.com
Photo: web.mst.edu

 



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