We certainly should not be under obligation to maintain bases in Europe. Those are relics of the Cold War and should be dropped. Then comes the precious carrie

We certainly should not be under obligation to maintain bases in Europe. Those are relics of the Cold War and should be dropped. Then comes the precious carrier fleets. Damn big targets and essentially sitting ducks should we have an encounter with either of the supposed big baddies left, Russia or China. We have spent over three billion on just one new Destroyer class ship! I won't even touch the F35, an aircraft so compromised by committee it doesn't do what it needs to do. So suggestions, leave Europe, leave Japan, and seriously give consideration to leaving Korea. The start dropping the surface Navy to something realistic, both in size and ability to defend it. In a world of UAVs and drones Carriers are merely a romantic throw back, like the Battleships before them. As for what to do with the savings, entitlements need to be reigned in because none of the savings taken from the military are going to amount to squat until we reign in the welfare state. There too many support programs going on that fraud is rampant people are not being served. Worse many functions are also done at state levels again duplicating Federal work. The Federal government should dole out money to states, not run the programs.