Congress can be a willful partner to the Army’s transformation initiative if the service justifies its changing investments -- but it draws the line at divesting from munitions plants, depots and arsenals, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) said yesterday. “Where we do disagree will likely be in effects on the industrial base,” Wicker said. “Our defense industrial base is brittle. We cannot afford to let sites close, or we will lose the defense expertise of many skilled...
