Manpower, Readiness and Equipment Crises

A consistent message from the military

Regardless of how the current battle over the 2007 war-related supplemental appropriation plays out, the indisputable conclusion will be that the desperately needed funds will still do little to alleviate these worsening crises. More…

The following editorials comprise an ongoing series by The Washington Times that examines the growing problems facing the U.S. military and explores possible solutions.

• Expanding and funding the military (1/12/07)
• Meeting military challenges (1/23/07)
• Defense spending trends (2/4/07)
• Defense spending in perspective (2/5/07)
• Upgrading military equipment (2/9/07)
• Strengthening the Army (2/20/07)
• Increasing troop levels (2/27/07)
• Defense under investment (2/28/07)
• Solving the military equipment shortfall (3/1/07)
• What the general said (3/2/07)
• Fixing the Guard and Army Reserve (3/7/07)
• Budgetary games on Iraq … (3/12/07)
• ’We are at a crisis point’ (3/21/07)
• Kudos to Joe Biden (4/2/07)
• Gen. McCaffrey on military readiness … (4/6/07)
• An ailing Army (4/12/07)
• ’Stretched to the limit’ (4/25/07)