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WASHINGTON \u2014 Republicans are putting the defense budget under the magnifying glass after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., committed to $130 billion in discretionary spending cuts in order to win his protracted speakership race<\/a>. McCarthy vowed to cap discretionary spending \u2014 more than half of which goes to the Defense Department \u2014 at fiscal 2022 levels and did not rule out defense spending cuts in a January interview with Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican defense hawks, who had previously argued for an annual 3% to 5% defense budget increase over inflation, are now taking a serious look at how to squeeze savings out of the Defense Department <\/a>alongside outside conservative groups such as the Heritage Foundation. Proposals range from reducing the Pentagon\u2019s civilian personnel to procurement reform to possible base closures to halting the military\u2019s efforts to fight climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee, previewed some potential Defense Department cost-cutting measures during an interview in his office on Tuesday with Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the same time that we create these efficiencies and find ways we can save money \u2013 for instance, the number of things that we\u2019re spending on that we shouldn\u2019t be spending money on \u2013 we\u2019ll find some initial cuts in the Pentagon\u2026throughout the Department of Defense that will not hurt capability,\u201d said Calvert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Spoeher, the director of the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Center For National Defense, told Defense News that \u201cfiscal hawks in particular are going to want to have some reassurance that somebody has looked really hard at the defense budget and made sure that every dollar that we\u2019re spending is something that helps the warfighter increase the warfighting capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calvert noted that reducing the size of the Defense Department\u2019s civilian workforce alone \u201cwould save $125 billion over five years \u2014 and that\u2019s real money where I come from.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Department of Defense is the largest enterprise in the world,\u201d he said. \u201cIt obviously has a budget closing in on $850 billion, about 3.2 million people \u2014 both civilian and military \u2014 that work there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He vowed that the reductions would not require the Defense Department to fire civilian employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike any large business, you\u2019ve got a 5% turnover ratio per year,\u201d said Calvert. \u201cSo if you hire 3% instead of 5%, you get a reduction over a period of time that will have a significant impact over the bottom line. Remember, our highest cost is personnel because we have a volunteer service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Defense Department employs more than 830,000 civilian employees on top of 1.3 million active duty service members and slightly less than 1 million National Guard and Reserve service members, according to the Congressional Research Service. Calvert noted that\u2019s a \u201chistoric ratio of civilian employees relative to the uniform force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if Congress cuts funding for the civilian workforce, it\u2019s unclear how much savings that would bring the defense spending topline next year \u2014 particularly as Calvert eyes a pay raise for enlisted personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s part of the recruitment problem we\u2019re having amongst other things,\u201d he said. \u201cRight now, an E-1 is entering at $11 an hour. McDonalds is hiring at $15 an hour. So, we\u2019ve got to get those salary levels up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calvert first floated reducing the size of the Defense Department\u2019s civilian workforce in 2021<\/a>. Democrats who controlled the House at the time resisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other measures Calvert proposed may have bipartisan buy-in, such as reforming payment processes and procurement timelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccounts payable \u2014 the way the bills are paid \u2014 from the way I look at it as a business guy, it\u2019s somewhat antiquated,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to digitize the processes in which the business is operated, which they have not done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calvert also said he would like to \u201cfix the procurement system,\u201d noting that it can take up to seven years for the military to acquire Humvees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCongress shares a lot to blame because we\u2019ve added these requirements over the years and now it\u2019s gotten so complex it takes a ridiculous amount of time to get anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Base realignment and closure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For his part, Spoeher of the Heritage Foundation views base realignment and closure, or BRAC, as \u201cthe top of the list\u201d for cost-cutting, noting that it could save roughly $2 billion per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., endorsed base realignment and closure as well as other potential cost-cutting measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe should expect those types of proposals,\u201d Reed said at a virtual event on Tuesday hosted by the Defense Writers Group. \u201cI can recall several years ago when Senator [John McCain, R-Ariz.] and I were interested in getting a BRAC, we honestly couldn\u2019t get much traction. But I think that\u2019s something that we should periodically take a look at.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Defense Department\u2019s last base realignment and closure occurred in 2005. While the Pentagon endorsed the Reed-McCain effort to do so again in 2017<\/a>, their proposal failed to advance among lawmakers worried about losing jobs in their states and districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another potential cost-saving measure that could fall victim to parochial interests in Congress are efforts to divest from legacy platforms in favor of more modern systems. House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., has started championing these divestments in recent weeks, which also enjoy support from his Democratic counterpart Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Reed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers on the Armed Services committees blocked the Air Force\u2019s plan to retire 33 Block 20 F-22s<\/a> when Congress passed the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act in December. Those F-22s are now mainly used for training purposes because they are no longer capable in combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other cost-cutting proposals not subject to parochial whims may still fun afoul of partisan disputes, especially in a Republican-held House and Democratic-run Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, the Defense Department is the world\u2019s largest institutional fossil fuel consumer but Republicans would like to halt its efforts to transition its fleet of non-tactical vehicles to run on electricity<\/a> or other alternative fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spoeher noted that the Defense Department\u2019s budget request last year included $3 billion in climate change funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s things like better hurricane protection for installations that are on the Gulf Coast, raising the docks in Norfolk base to account for rising oceans, so I think that\u2019s appropriate,\u201d he said. \u201cBut then you can find stuff that\u2019s less well-justified like money spent on researching ways to convert [the department\u2019s] vehicles to electric \u2014 tactical and non-tactical \u2014 microgrids for installations that are right next to some commercial power sources that they feel the need to add.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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