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31. The drones have to land somewhere (nt)

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 9, 2015, 12:28 AM

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Pentagon announces base closures in Europe [View all] tammywammy Jan 2015 OP

about time. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2015 #1

A few years ago they wanted to close some bases, but were stopped by Congress. n/t tammywammy Jan 2015 #5

I recall that. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2015 #11

Oh goody, only 647 more to go. nt procon Jan 2015 #2

^^^this^^^ L0oniX Jan 2015 #7

Amen.... daleanime Jan 2015 #9

Correct me if I'm wrong- packman Jan 2015 #10

+1 mountain grammy Jan 2015 #12

do you have a list Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #29

Part of our peace dividend....yay! Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #3

Subtract 15 bases Thespian2 Jan 2015 #4

What will the Soviets think? Renew Deal Jan 2015 #6

Close the bases and open more private golf courses. SoapBox Jan 2015 #8

Close every base that has a golf course. n/t Mr.Bill Jan 2015 #13

That would be most of them, including almost every base in the US jmowreader Jan 2015 #25

I'm sure it would. Mr.Bill Jan 2015 #26

They're for the morale of the troops, and the troops pay for their operation jmowreader Jan 2015 #27

those little facts do not Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #30

Yeah, and no TVs in the barracks Recursion Jan 2015 #32

Morale and recreation programs are a very important part of military life. Aristus Jan 2015 #35

You're not going to get drafted, are you? tabasco Jan 2015 #36

Why? gladium et scutum Jan 2015 #28

Who needs bases when you have drones? NV Whino Jan 2015 #14

The drones have to land somewhere (nt) Recursion Jan 2015 #31

Spoil sport NV Whino Jan 2015 #34

And? Beowulf42 Jan 2015 #15

This is the DoD's response to the sequester that is already in place bigbrother05 Jan 2015 #20

Sequester going forward, yes it is. freshwest Jan 2015 #33

$500 million is just a drop in the bucket Victor_c3 Jan 2015 #16

I'm surprised that the govt can run 15 overseas military bases for a year on $500 million. olddad56 Jan 2015 #18

I am kind of out of it so maybe I misunderstood the article Victor_c3 Jan 2015 #21

But we have to defend Portugal from . . . uh, some kind of . . . invasion, maybe? tclambert Jan 2015 #17

... geardaddy Jan 2015 #19

List of planned changes in Europe: Baclava Jan 2015 #22

My early childhood was spent on bases overseas. When we rotated back the states I was 8... Pacifist Patriot Jan 2015 #23

Cool. They can buy one more F-35 that won't work. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2015 #24

Great. Now Germany and Italy are going to start stuff again. christx30 Jan 2015 #37