I started this as a response in another topic but thought it would be a good topic in its own right.
Time is way overdue to re-address the Key West Agreement that divvied up responsibilities in DoD (in 1947).
The DoD is has four armies (Army, Marines, Navy Infantry, AF SOF), four air forces (Air Force, Navy, Marines, Army rotorywing and UAV), three navies (Navy, the Navy that serves the Marines, the Army navy) and who knows what other kinds of overlaps and redundancies.
I used to say that the Air Force should get space, tanker, transport, strategic bombers and strategic ISR. I am not sure now if I would consider space, tankers or heavy transports combats arms. (Yeah, yeah, yeah...I can hear the flame mails coming already) Space is definitely not. Launching rockets and controlling satellites from the continental US is more akin to the merchant marine supporting maritime operations. Space launch and satellite maintenance should go to civilian agencies like NASA and NRO. Likewise, tankers scrupulously avoid getting shot at, just like the supply ships.
So. How would you partition Areas of Responsibility in the US Dept of Defense? |
