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2013-10-03 Home Front: Politix

Air Force Grounds Squadrons Of Fighter Jets, Drones Due To Shut Down

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Posted by tipper 2013-10-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 POTUS Bammer sends AMB. CAROLINE KENNEDY to deal wid CHINA-VS-JAPAN, ETAL. IN EAST ASIA.

Plus anti-Sovereign/Statist-localist TPP = TRANS-PAC, + FUKUSHIMA. + .... ... ...@etc.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-10-03 00:18|| 2013-10-03 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Flew into San Diego this morning, passed over the 32nd street fleet tied up; normally the ships have many worklights blazing as repairs are done; I saw not one such light on any ship today.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2013-10-03 01:14|| 2013-10-03 01:14|| Front Page Top

#3 DoD commissaries have also been shuttered. The majority of these stores turn a handy profit, which offsets the costs of commissary workers and also funds vital support programs for needy military members and their families.

I'm sure EBT havens such a Walmart and Kroger are celebrating in silent, hopeful of the day DoD commissaries are closed entirely.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-10-03 03:05|| 2013-10-03 03:05|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought BHO signed a bill funding DoD on Monday night?

Posted by RandomJD 2013-10-03 07:37|| 2013-10-03 07:37|| Front Page Top

#5 He did. Don't know if the DoD bill covered all this. Wonder why not.

Posted by Steve White 2013-10-03 08:55|| 2013-10-03 08:55|| Front Page Top

#6 MCCS (they run the Marine Exchanges and base recreational services) also sent a significant percentage of their 'nonessential' employees home. Considering that they are non-appropriated funded, I'll take the high road and assume that they're battening down the hatches and watching their pennies.

Posted by Pappy 2013-10-03 09:11|| 2013-10-03 09:11|| Front Page Top

#7 I thought BHO signed a bill funding DoD on Monday night?

IIRC they passed the authority to pay the active duty servicemembers, but not authority to fund or pay other operations.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-10-03 09:16|| 2013-10-03 09:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Re: #3: NASWI Commisary was open for the last time this past Tuesday; Mrs. Ret. stopped in to stock up and was told that not only were the staff in there for free ( ???) but whatever perishable goods weren't sold by the end of the day would be thrown away. She was also told that re-supply trucks were being turned around and that once this was over, might take as much as 2 weeks to fully restock.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2013-10-03 09:32|| 2013-10-03 09:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Commissaries were primarily for supporting the old mess/dining facility operations. Their function was expanded to include what we have today as the facilities were already in place. While a service charge/tax/fee is applied to the sales which includes a chunk for building and modernization of those facilities to accommodate the demand, it doesn't fully cover the operation. Cutting back to essential is to the point of only supporting base/post dining facility operations which many have been outsourced on the installations.

Next shoe to drop is those outsourced operations being put on the backs of the enlisted once again which means missions will not be done because 'housekeeping' of installations and facilities do need to be done but without to old levels of manpower to accomplish them.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-10-03 09:56|| 2013-10-03 09:56|| Front Page Top

#10 A check of the Army and Air Force Exchange System website says they'll remain open during the shutdown. It's a non-appropriated fund activity. It'll provide the base equivalent of a 7-11 for food, diapers, etc with the commissary shuttered.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-10-03 11:06|| 2013-10-03 11:06|| Front Page Top

#11 Next shoe to drop is those outsourced operations being put on the backs of the enlisted once again which means missions will not be done because 'housekeeping' of installations and facilities do need to be done but without to old levels of manpower to accomplish them.

Already happening here. First time I've heard "sweepers" called in two decades.

Posted by Pappy 2013-10-03 11:08|| 2013-10-03 11:08|| Front Page Top

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