Evidently Things Are Better Than The Dod Tells Us

This thread is about the sequestration of military funding.

We are hearing all the apocalyptic warnings about the lack of funding and the ubiquitous DoD whines. Generals and Admirals tell us every day that sequestration will force us to cut things we don't want to. "We've cut everything to the bone."

Not quite.


http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/08/22/2744997/daffodil-military-parade.html

First all-military parade in five decades comes to Tacoma on Saturday
Published: August 22, 2013
By KARI PLOG — Staff writer

The Daffodil Festival is hosting Tacoma’s first all-military parade in five decades Saturday.

The inaugural Celebrating Military Service Parade will feature active-duty, reserve and retired military personnel as well as many military vehicles, according to a festival news release. The grand marshal is Col. Joe Jackson, 90, who won the Medal of Honor in 1969.

Daffodil Festival royalty will give up their seats on the queen’s float for 24 wounded or injured soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Warrior Transition Battalion.

The parade will begin at South 13th Street and Pacific Avenue at 6 p.m. Before it starts, the 56th Army Band will perform in Tollefson Plaza at 5 p.m. Affiliated organizations will be represented, such as United Way and military recruiters, the release says.

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I thought the military dropped (advertizing) funding for NASCAR. Nope again (Junior was running this one last Sunday) :

If they have enough pork to spread around for things like this, perhaps we should reduce their budget by another five or ten percent.