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Current poll resultsIn light of current and foreseeable conflicts is it wise to continue with base closures?
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1863:
General Joseph Hooker and the Army of the Potomac abandon a key hill on the Chancellorsville battlefield.
1926: U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua. 1942: On this, the first day of the first modern naval engagement in history, called the Battle of the Coral Sea, a Japanese invasion force succeeds in occupying Tulagi of the Solomon Islands in an expansion of Japans defensive perimeter. 1965: The lead element of the 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers"), stationed in Okinawa, departs for South Vietnam. It was the first U.S. Army ground combat unit committed to the war. 1968: After three days of battle, the U.S. Marines retake Dai Do complex in Vietnam, only to find the North Vietnamese have evacuated the area. 1982: A British submarine sinks Argentinas only cruiser during the Falkland Islands War. |
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Many military installations, of the land, air and sea variety, were built duirng the Cold War, and some even prior to that time. At the risk of stating the obvious, the 21st century has brought a totally different type of warfare, making some of these bases way beyond obsolete. With a finite bucket of $$ to spend on the military, the high-up decisionmakers need to be good stewards of us taxpayers' $$ and make the funds go as far as possible.
But, maybe there is a grand plan afoot.
Just wish I knew what it was.
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