{"id":51807,"date":"2021-04-13T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T14:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/13\/personnel-spending-cuts-wont-help-military-readiness-key-lawmaker-warns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:27:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:27:43","slug":"personnel-spending-cuts-wont-help-military-readiness-key-lawmaker-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2021\/04\/13\/personnel-spending-cuts-wont-help-military-readiness-key-lawmaker-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel spending cuts won\u2019t help military readiness, key lawmaker warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military pay raises and benefits can\u2019t be used to help balance the Pentagon\u2019s budget without risking national security, the head of the House Armed Services Committee cautioned on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI see the challenge within personnel costs, but we have an all-volunteer military,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/01\/19\/smith-touts-lloyd-austin-as-he-lobbies-democrats-to-back-waiver-for-defense-secretary-nominee\/\" target=_blank>Rep. Adam Smith<\/a>, D-Wash., said during a defense policy event sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/03\/10\/trust-in-the-military-is-dropping-significantly-new-survey-suggests\/\" target=_blank>Ronald Reagan Institute<\/a>. \u201cWe are going to have to pay them well and take care of them to make sure we continue to have an all-volunteer military.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe notion that we can cut personnel costs to get our way out of our budget problems, I think, is very overstated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments from Smith, the top Democrat on military issues in the House, come just days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/04\/09\/military-pay-and-readiness-wont-be-hurt-by-flat-defense-budget-plan-white-house-promises\/\" target=_blank>President Joe Biden<\/a> unveiled his initial budget plans for fiscal 2022, including $715 billion in funding for the Defense Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/04\/09\/military-pay-and-readiness-wont-be-hurt-by-flat-defense-budget-plan-white-house-promises\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1968904.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Military pay and readiness won\u2019t be hurt by flat defense budget plan, White House promises<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The $715 billion defense spending plan for fiscal 2022 is expected to face intense scrutiny from Congress in coming months.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That figure represents a 1.6 percent increase in spending from fiscal 2021 but would amount to a decrease of about 0.4 percent when inflation is factored in. Republicans on Capitol Hill immediately attacked the plan as insufficient for military needs, given ongoing operations overseas and increasing security threats worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, some progressive Democrats decried the plan as too large, noting that the Pentagon has seen significant funding increases in recent years while other domestic agencies faced cuts. Congress will spend the next few months debating the proper level of total defense funding and setting personnel spending priorities for the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the budget proposal, White House officials said that trimming down the fiscal 2022 defense budget even further could endanger military pay and personnel support programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith echoed those thoughts on Tuesday, noting that in past years defense leaders have suggested smaller pay raises and benefits cuts to help free up money for other readiness and modernization priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did not specifically mention plans for the fiscal 2022 pay raise. Under the federal formula used to calculate annual pay raises for service members, troops should expect to see a paycheck boost of about 2.7 percent starting next January, unless the president or Congress pushes for a lower figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each 1 percent of pay raises adds about $6 billion in new defense spending over five years. But instead of finding savings through cuts there, Smith said, officials need to look at ways to maximize recruiting and get more high-demand specialists in the ranks without wasting money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think looking at how we change that recruiting effort is important,\u201d he said. \u201cYou may not be able to pass the physical fitness test, but if you\u2019re a computer genius, do we really want to reject you from serving in the military? We need to rethink what we need in terms of personnel to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The armed services committee chairman also said that White House officials need to rebalance military missions, scaling back some operations in favor of enhanced diplomacy and outreach efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to re-examine the national defense policy,\u201d he said. \u201cI believe that we can protect ourselves \u2026 but we can also meet our national security needs with a much more focused idea of what those national security needs are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/03\/10\/trust-in-the-military-is-dropping-significantly-new-survey-suggests\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6549917.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trust in the military is dropping significantly, new survey suggests<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">About 56 percent of Americans said they have great trust in the military, down significantly in recent years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that reassessment includes the ongoing U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we want in Afghanistan is a peaceful, stable government that respects human rights law,\u201d he said. \u201cOur military is not going to be able to achieve that. We\u2019ve been going for 20 years and yet we continue to stick around. Meanwhile, it is an enormous expense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden has promised to end the U.S. military mission there, but also said meeting the May 1 deadline to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan (a marker set by the previous administration) is unlikely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith said he doesn&#8217;t see pay cuts or benefits trims as a good solution to reducing defense 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