“With a lot of these efficiency initiatives, these are projected savings, this is what they’re estimating they’re going to save in the future. What quite often happens is that the…
Monthly Archives: February, 2011
As Gates Plans Exit, Work Piles Up For His Successor
February 28, 2011 • In the News • Original: Politico
Military no Longer Protected from Budget Knife
February 28, 2011 • In the News • Original: National Journal
Todd Harrison, a senior fellow in defense budget studies at CSBA, called the proposed $5 per month bump in premiums for
Pentagon Expands Role Of Elite Commando Units In Hunting Terrorist Weapons
February 23, 2011 • In the News • Original: Bloomberg
Robert Martinage, then an analyst with the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, wrote in a 2008 report that only “select units” of the Pentagon Joint Special Operations…
The Cost of a Soldier Deployed in Afghanistan
February 22, 2011 • In the News • Original: Marketplace Radio
This number would be right for the war in Iraq, according to numbers from the Washington-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. $685,000, that’s by the way, over 10 times…
Afghan Forces Undergo Stricter Vetting By NATO Commanders
February 18, 2011 • In the News • Original: USA Today
Infiltration is always a concern when training indigenous forces to combat an insurgency, said Andrew Krepinevich, president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and an expert in counterinsurgency….