K2-HMFIC said:

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Again kids...as a reminder...

"Authorizations are not Appropriations."

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Over_ed said:

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My pet peeve - dems and reps agreed to insist on right to repair in this bill. It is can be operationally critical at times and would save a LOT of money.

Killed at the last minute. $$$ is the language our pols always speak. Sure their checks are in the mail. Defense contractors suck.

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BigRobSA said:

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While it's one of the few actually constitutional powers/jobs granted to the FedGov, we spend way too much. Last time I checked, we spend more than the next 17 other countries combined .That's ridiculous. We need to quit being everyone's policeman.

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Over_ed said:

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Yeah - my pet peeve was not very descriptive, sorry.

"Despite its popularity and broad bipartisan support, right-to-repair provisions that would have given service members the ability to fix their own equipment in the field were stripped from the compromise version of the 2026 defense policy bill after industry pushback. "

" While this is not the first time Congress has stripped right-to-repair language from the National Defense Authorization Act, the 2026 defense policy bill is likely the most high-profile attempt to block the reform this year, the proposal had gained momentum and wide support from the Trump administration, the House and Senate, and senior DoD leaders. "

In short, it means our pols were bought, again.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/congress-quietly-strips-right-to-repair-provisions-from-2026-ndaa-despite-wide-support/

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Ag_of_08 said:

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No more hardware that can't, by contract, be repaired by dod personnel. Things like the LCSs come to.mind.

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Eliminatus said:

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BigRobSA said:

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While it's one of the few actually constitutional powers/jobs granted to the FedGov, we spend way too much. Last time I checked, we spend more than the next 17 other countries combined .That's ridiculous. We need to quit being everyone's policeman.

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That's not even half the battle. Our procurement and upkeep programs are hideously broken. This has been one of the cases last decade or so and counting of where the absolute number of cash spent needs to take a backseat to HOW that money is spent, in discussion. At least if any real progress on reigning in the rampant waste. Or looking at it from the other perspective, extending how far our dollars go.

Course, not going to happen anytime soon. I don't think most people realize we are currently back in an arms race.

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CDUB98 said:

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I'm damned sick and tired of the US being involved in everyone else's grab ass conflicts.

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Over_ed said:

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Yeah - my pet peeve was not very descriptive, sorry.

"Despite its popularity and broad bipartisan support, right-to-repair provisions that would have given service members the ability to fix their own equipment in the field were stripped from the compromise version of the 2026 defense policy bill after industry pushback. "

" While this is not the first time Congress has stripped right-to-repair language from the National Defense Authorization Act, the 2026 defense policy bill is likely the most high-profile attempt to block the reform this year, the proposal had gained momentum and wide support from the Trump administration, the House and Senate, and senior DoD leaders. "

In short, it means our pols were bought, again.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/congress-quietly-strips-right-to-repair-provisions-from-2026-ndaa-despite-wide-support/

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Hoyt Ag said:

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CDUB98 said:

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I'm damned sick and tired of the US being involved in everyone else's grab ass conflicts.

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BUT BUT BUT 400M is just a rounding error in the grand scheme of things!!

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YouBet said:

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Waste of $400M on Ukraine. Spend that in the Americas.

Still highly skeptical of the Golden Dome.

Ok with rest of those high level bullets.

Reserve right to get mad about it as we learn more since it's 3k pages.

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txags92 said:

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YouBet said:

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Waste of $400M on Ukraine. Spend that in the Americas.

Still highly skeptical of the Golden Dome.

Ok with rest of those high level bullets.

Reserve right to get mad about it as we learn more since it's 3k pages.

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I don't have any figures on what was authorized, but I would be shocked if much of that $400 million is spent anywhere besides America. At this point, nearly all of what we give is weapons and ammunition that are manufactured here by American companies. Sure, the end product gets used elsewhere, but the $s are staying here.

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Over_ed said:

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Yeah - my pet peeve was not very descriptive, sorry.

"Despite its popularity and broad bipartisan support, right-to-repair provisions that would have given service members the ability to fix their own equipment in the field were stripped from the compromise version of the 2026 defense policy bill after industry pushback. "

" While this is not the first time Congress has stripped right-to-repair language from the National Defense Authorization Act, the 2026 defense policy bill is likely the most high-profile attempt to block the reform this year, the proposal had gained momentum and wide support from the Trump administration, the House and Senate, and senior DoD leaders. "

In short, it means our pols were bought, again.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/congress-quietly-strips-right-to-repair-provisions-from-2026-ndaa-despite-wide-support/

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BigRobSA said:

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txags92 said:

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YouBet said:

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Waste of $400M on Ukraine. Spend that in the Americas.

Still highly skeptical of the Golden Dome.

Ok with rest of those high level bullets.

Reserve right to get mad about it as we learn more since it's 3k pages.

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I don't have any figures on what was authorized, but I would be shocked if much of that $400 million is spent anywhere besides America. At this point, nearly all of what we give is weapons and ammunition that are manufactured here by American companies. Sure, the end product gets used elsewhere, but the $s are staying here.

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Doesn't make it a single bit better.

Govt spending is govt spending.

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BQ2017 said:

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$600,000,000 to Israel btw

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CDUB98 said:

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I'm damned sick and tired of the US being involved in everyone else's grab ass conflicts.

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Mega Lops said:

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Disgusting that we have more proof America is THE paypig for both Ukraine and Israel.

American wealth yet again robbed to enrich foreign criminals.

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BigRobSA said:

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While it's one of the few actually constitutional powers/jobs granted to the FedGov, we spend way too much. Last time I checked, we spend more than the next 17 other countries combined .That's ridiculous. We need to quit being everyone's policeman.

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PaulsBunions said:

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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/12/11/900-billion-ndaa-what-what-was-left-out-of-major-defense-spending-bill.html

Notable Inclusions:

-$400 million for Ukraine security assistance.

-Full funding for the deployment of National Guard and active-duty troops in support of border patrol at the United States' southwest border, including over $1 billion to fight drug trafficking ($398 million for Defense Department support of counter-narcotics operations and $216 million for National Guard counter-drug programs$100 million over the budget request).

-It prohibits the retirement of certain F-15E, A-10, C-130, E-3, RQ-4, and Grey Eagle aircraft, as well as the closure of the E-7A Wedgetail production line.

-Builds the "Golden Dome" to update national missile defense policy.

-It permanently repeals all existing Defense Department diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices, programs, training and activities, as well as future DEI-related endeavors.

-It cuts climate change-related programs at the Defense Department.

-It removes Section 1110, the bipartisan House provision that would have restored collective bargaining rights for the Defense Department's civilian workforce and would have prevented the department from using the bill's funds to enforce an executive order that strips collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of DoD civilians.

Laughable that there were "climate change programs" in the first place

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