The military personel now stationed overseas could be put into the reserves and sent home while drawing full pay and even with the cost of that pay we would save the costs of maintaining those distant bases, transporting materials & personel to & from those foreign bases, and the bonus pay that is now quite rightfully given to our armed forces while deployed overseas. They could remain in the reserves subject to recall in event of war or use the remaining time of their enlistments to find work and then take early mustering out if they find work. Some or all of the savings could be used to reactivate homeland bases now closed, expanding housing at or near current bases, and perhaps creating new bases. Once the homeland expansion of facilities is completed the savings will apply to the general budget. Of course the politicians, instead of using that money to work on balancing the budget and bringing down the national debt, would probably treat it as a windfall and blow it on pork barrel projects.