Update

Update to today's post:  Here is the itemized draft proposal from the Commission, as relates to the DoD budget:

Apply the overhead savings Secretary Gates has promised to deficit reduction

Freeze federal salaries, bonuses, and other compensation at the Department of Defense for three years

Freeze noncombat military pay at 2011 levels for 3 years

 Double Secretary Gates’ cuts to defense contracting

Reduce procurement by 15 percent

Reduce overseas bases by one-third  

Modernize Tricare, Defense health  

Replace military personnel performing commercial activities with civilians

 Reduce spending on Research, Development, Test & Evaluation by 10 percent

Reduce spending on base support

 Reduce spending on facilities maintenance  

Consolidate the Department of Defense’s retail activities. 

Integrate children of military personnel into local schools in the United States

Apparently the commission isn't aware of the hundred of stories and testimonials that schools aren't yet doing an adequate job of serving military children. Where will the teachers, desks, books, supplies, and classrooms come from, or will they somehow, miraculously, be free?