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Should we get serious about Unified Military Command?

Aside from the waste caused by duplicate bureaucracies and weapons systems ordered out of "Budget Envy," money that could have been spent equipping, training and adequately paying the troops--a lot of Command, Control and Coordination problems arise in the US Military from the fact that the services speak different languages. Even a simple command can produce radically different results depending on who you give it to. As an example, if you give an order to "Secure the Building..." Naval personnel will put their tools away, turn off the lights and lock up. The Army will occupy the building and establish Security Checkpoints to control access. Marines will assault the building and guard it with Suppressive Fire and Close Combat. The Air Force will take out a five year lease with an option to buy.

Public Comments

1. Yeah, as long as the Air Force maintains its superior standards of living. After all, The Air Force is the prestigious military branch.
2. well, it's a very noble concept. The navy with it's marines and the army with it's zoomies are very different though.
3. the canadians did it but it only lasted something like 25 - 30 years. and though they have a small military, they sure can kick butt!
4. Jokes aside, i think this is already happening. Could it be better? yes, but the Joint assignment requirements now in place force the services to really work together like never before. The biggest change I would make would be to take the purchasing and aquasition power away from the central planners at the Pentagon and give it to the Regional Commanders (PACOM, CENTCOM, ect). I think this would speed up the equipment fielding process, and would mean less politics in purchasing.) Congressman X "Dang it Air Force, you FIND somewhere to put those 10 stealth bombers I made you buy that are made in my district!"
5. Well if anyone has actually paid attention to the look of the military today, words would be issued a little differently. Yes there are people in all branches who do the same job. But those are essential. You would not want to go to the hospital, and have to wait forever for the first nurse to talk to you because she was on at another hospital or because she was doing the job of a medical assistant. So that out of the way. My husband has been affiliated with the Navy for about 19 years. He has worked with Army, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard. Along with the Navy. Each branch has it's own specialties, so it needs people trained for each terrain. You really would not want an AirForce Electronics Tech trying to rescue you from sea during a storm. No you would rather the Coast Guard or Navy do that job. A person who is trained to work with pressures and depth issues of deep diving submarines doesn't really have the same training as the National Guard personnel who come during riots or disaster. Nor would you want a Marine demolition specialist being the one to guide in a billion dollar plane. It is all about specialty. But in communications, transportation, education they have joined. My husband works at a school right now. The head of the base is Navy, but there are army, marine, navy, airforce and coast guard on the base. Most hospitals are joint forces, even guys deployed over in middle east include Army, Navy, Airforce, and Marines. I have a friend who was navy, that was stationed with the Army Green Berettes. They needed his specialty communication in the field. So ya know they really have tried to join forces in as many ways as they can. And yes mentality is different because the specialties are different. Ask a Family Doctor about an ear infection, he might mention allergies, proped up bottles, go to an ENT and he talks about surgery, missaligned estatian tubes. I don't know if this helps.. As for a unified military command. Ever heard of the Joint Chiefs of Staff..The pentagon.. Even if they were under a single admiral or general they would still speak so differently due to the specialties it would still be about the same. And we do have a single commander it is call the Commander in Chief, also called the president. So I don't know if this helps, but I hope it does from a military wife with friends in all branches understand they are all working together to the best they can. Have a great day. growinup