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CNO Starts Budget Chicken Game
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2013/01/25/cno-starts-budget-chicken-game/CNO Starts Budget Chicken Game
By Ward Carroll Friday, January 25th, 2013 2:59 pm
Yesterday the CNO ordered his flags and SES-types to begin taking steps to cut the Navy’s budget. Some specific actions outlined in an official memorandum include the following (as reported by a Virginian Pilot article posted at Military.com):
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http://hamptonroads.com/2013/01/virginia-faces-14b-loss-under-planned-navy-cuts
Virginia faces $1.4B loss under planned Navy cuts
By Bill Bartel
The Virginian-Pilot
© January 26, 2013
Among the cuts being considered in Virginia are:
- Canceling about $270 million in maintenance work on eight destroyers, an amphibious assault ship and the carrier Eisenhower that had been planned between April and September.
- Cutting 1,121 temporary civilian workers and freezing civilian hires to save $100 million.
- Reducing ship operations and flying hours to save $670 million.
unhappycamper comment: I highly recommend you read the DoDBuzz article to see the comments.