Do you think that the Department of Defense will consolidate service branch individual functions or continure to broaden roles?

Maj Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 01:10:56 -0400

Examples:
Will one service branch take over space functions?
Will the AF stay the Cyber lead dispite Army and Navy growth?
Does the Army need a fixed wing fleet of its current size?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2014 3:12 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 03:12:03 -0400

I think they'll continue to broaden the roles. In some cases it's not really the greatest idea, but I think that as long as the overall DOD mission statement is being met by all armed forces as a team effort, they probably won't change anything. Also, if they were to try and start individualizing functions, you'd see a push/pull battle across all of the branches to see who gets to do what and, most importantly, who gets funded to do what. It would turn in to a struggle for budget and funding, and they're definitely not ready for all of that!

Response by COL Randall C. made Jul 22 at 2014 7:17 PM

COL Randall C. — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 19:17:30 -0400

*chuckle* - Maj Private RallyPoint Member, I read your question about "Will the AF stay the Cyber lead despite Army and Navy growth?"

Glad to see you're singing the Service line, however no Service is the lead - we just have various strengths and weakness in cyber operations.

I work at ARCYBER/2d Army and have seen the other Service's capabilities over the past couple of years. There are cyber operations the Army is doing that are far ahead of the Air Force ... but there is stuff the Air Force is doing that is far ahead of the Army as well.

Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made Sep 7 at 2015 11:16 AM

SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 11:16:43 -0400

Response by PO3 Jim McNeil made Apr 11 at 2018 7:04 AM

PO3 Jim McNeil — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 07:04:15 -0400

As a history enthusiast listening to my father and his older brother both WW II veterans dad was Army his brother Navy they both stated that each branch has its own place and they need to be separate.When the Army Air Corps split from the Army into the Air Force the discussion then was,to have all aircraft for all branches strictly for the Air Force which thankfully was,ruled out .