Healing the Wounded Giant: Maintaining Military Preeminence while Cutting the Defense Budget

Index

95 INDEX Aegis theater defense, 57 Afghanistan, x, 48; coalition forces in, 31, 32, 33; core objectives of current U.S. military strategy, 12; cost of military presence in, 42; reserve forces in, 24–25; U.S. force strength for invasion of, 25 Aircraft carrier fleet: current force structure, 36; foreign basing of aircraft versus reliance on, xii–xiii, 41–44 Air Force: current force structure, 36–37, 38–39t, 50; current technology development for, 35–36; evolution of force structure, 18–19t; evolution of national defense strategy, 35; nuclear weapons, 56–57; opportunities for cost saving in procurement and operations, 37, 44, 52 Air forces: current procurement plans, 50–51; fleet aging, 50; fleet reductions under deep ten-year cuts, 74; opportunities for cost saving in land-based deployment of, xii–xiii, 41–44; opportunities for cost saving in reduced procurement of, 51–52; potential conflict scenario with reductions in, 45–46. See also Air Force; specific aircraft Air National Guard, 36 Air Reserves, 36 AirSea Battle planning paradigm, 35 Allies: current state of U.S. relations with, 4–5, 6–8, 15b; perception of U.S. offshore balancing strategy by, 20; in Persian Gulf region, 42–43; U.S. commitment to Taiwan, 45–46; in U.S. national security strategy, 1–2, 31–34 Amos, James, 51 Angell, Norman, 3 Anti-access/area denial capability, 35 Army: current force structure, 17, 20, 30; deep ten-year cuts to levels of active-duty personnel, 73; evolution of force structure, 17–18, 18–19t; force structure for “one war and two mission” capability , 25; recommended reductions in active-duty personnel, xi 96 index Army National Guard, 24–25 Army Reserve, 24 Aspin, Les, 21 Australia, 32 Base closure and realignment, xiii, 65–66, 68–69 Base Force concept, 21 Better Buying Power Initiative, 66 Bomber fleet, 36, 57 Bottom-Up Review, 21 Budget Control Act (2011), ix, xiii, 2, 10, 72 Bush (G. H. W.) administration, 21 Bush (G. W.) administration, 8–9, 11, 21 Canada, 32 Casualties of war, 23f Central Intelligence Agency, 58 Cheney, Richard, 21 China: core objectives of current U.S. military strategy, 12, 13; economic growth, 5f, 6f; military spending, 7f, 47; military strength, 18; in potential conflict scenario with Taiwan, 45–46; in potential North Korean war scenario , 27–28; strategic planning for potential threats from, 22, 35; strategic significance of, 4; U.S. allies in region of, 32; U.S. relations with, 4, 8 Clinton administration, 21 Coburn, Tom, 70 Cohen, Stephen, 30 Cohen, William, 21 Cold war: defense spending, 11; war fighting capability, 24 Combat aircraft: opportunities for cost saving in procurement of, xi, 44, 51–52; rationale for forward deployment in Persian Gulf region, xii–xiii, 41–44. See also F35 joint strike fighter Command restructuring, 67 Commissaries and exchanges, xii, 63 Compensation for military personnel : current levels of, 62–63; deep ten-year cuts to, 74; essential elements of, 61–62; future pay increases, 63; opportunities for cost savings in, xii, 63–65; perquisites for top officers, 69; private sector pay versus, x, 62, 63 Cost saving opportunities, xi–xiii, 2–3, 8–9; in Air Force budget, 37, 44, 52; from base closures, 65–66, 68–69; in closure of war colleges, 67–68; in combat aircraft procurement, xi, 44, 51–52; in intelligence budget, 59; in landbased deployment of combat aircraft , xii–xiii, 41–44; in naval operations, 36, 37, 40–41; in nuclear defense, xi–xii, 55–57; in one-war-plus-two-mission capability , 22–25; predicted outcomes of reforms, 66–67; rationale for implementing, 71–72; from reduced LCS procurement, in 53; from reduced purchase of Osprey aircraft, 53–54; from reduction of military bands, 69–70; in restructuring of service commands, 67; in weapons modernization, 52–53 Defense industry, economic health of, 49 Defense Intelligence Agency, 58–59 Defense spending: arguments for permanent reductions in, 11; Budget Control Act cuts, ix; China’s, 7f; commitments to allies and, 2; in context of national deficit reduc- index 97 tion needs, 9–10, 71; current, 2, 47–48; distortions of data regarding , 10–11; likelihood of armed conflict related to, 4–6; by NATO allies, 32; planned weapons procurement , 47–48; procurement as target of cuts in, 48; rate of inflation and, 8; rationale for maintaining military readiness through, 3–4, 72; recent growth in, 8–9; sequestration cuts, ix–x, 72–75; as...