Key ANG Reorganization Foe Also “Happy” 
at Outcome: Did the Air National Guard come out reasonably well in the base-closing demolition derby that unfolded late last week? (DR, 8/29/05) Possibly. A straw in the wind: Maj. Gen. Roger Lempke, the head of Nebraska’s National Guard (both Army and Air) and president of the Adjutants General Association of the United States, is feeling pretty good this week. “By and large we’re very happy,” Lempke told the Associated Press. Lempke was one of the most outspoken critics of the Air Force’s plan to reorganize ANG units.
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.
