comparemela.com

and particularly after eight years of budget cuts under president obama. you know, the head of the marine corps recently testified that a third of their sal onfleet, their -- stallion fleet, i'm sorry, only a third are able to fly. so two-thirds are grounded, and, you know, how is this affecting strategic operations? well, recently when we put three aircraft carriers off the coast of north korea as a show of force to kim jong un, the navy had to essentially gut the rest of its aviation fleet just to be able to staff, fully staff with aircraft three of our twelve aircraft carriers. pete: so training is, of course as you know better than anybody else, preparation for the actual thing. but if you're not able to have the flight hours or the maintenance or the equipment -- >> that's right. pete: -- you're in serious trouble. how far behind are we on this and how do we, a, provide a safe environment for those training and, b, be prepared for war? >> well, this is why, you know,

Related Keywords

Barack Obama ,Third ,Head ,Budget Cuts ,Corps ,Stallion Fleet ,Sal Onfleet ,Eight ,Show ,Navy ,Force ,Operations ,Aircraft Carriers ,Coast ,North Korea ,Kim Jong Un ,Three ,Two ,Pete S ,Course ,Training ,Aircraft ,Aviation Fleet ,Brest ,Anybody Else ,Staff ,Preparation ,Twelve ,Thing ,War ,Equipment ,Maintenance ,Trouble ,Tb ,Environment ,

© 2025 Vimarsana

comparemela.com © 2020. All Rights Reserved.