It must be true, because the base so recently ravaged by Hurricane Katrina just received the largest group of new students in the last two years, say base officials. The 314 recent graduates of basic training arrived at Keesler AFB, Miss., by a caravan of buses from Lackland AFB, Tex.
The emphasis on speed in the Pentagon’s newly unveiled slate of acquisition reforms may come with increased near-term cost increases, analysts say. But according to U.S. defense officials, the new weapons-buying construct provides the military with enough flexibility to prevent runaway budget overruns in major programs.
