Navy and Marine Leaders Warn Senate Against Additional Budget Cuts
Budget constraints are forcing the U.S. Marine Corps, “to sacrifice long-term health for near-term readiness,” Marine commandant Gen. James Amos…
Document: Joint Think Tank Report on Future Defense Spending
The following is from the four way defense budget game played by the American Enterprise Institute, Center for a New American…
SECDEF Hagel: Budget Deal ‘Step in the Right Direction’ But ‘Tough Decisions’ on Horizon
The last minute budget deal reached by the House and the Senate restores readiness shortfalls for the Pentagon and provides…
CNO Greenert to Congress on Budget: ‘We’re Tapped Out’
The leaders of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps gave their bleak assessments of the future of Sea Service readiness…
Pentagon Faces More Budget Challenges Post-Shutdown
Secretary Chuck Hagel did not paint a rosy picture for the future as the Pentagon is held to last year’s…
Shutdown: Impact on Navy Operations is Still Unclear
Even with most of the Navy’s civilian workforce returning to their jobs on Monday, there are still lingering questions on…
Shutdown: Most Pentagon Civilians Return to Work Today
The Pentagon today will be bringing back most of the 350,000 civilian employees who were put on furlough last week…
Document: Shutdown Order from OMB
The following is the Sept. 30 memo directing federal agencies to cease operations due to the government shutdown.…
Government Shutdown: The Basics
With the House voting again to delay for a year the start of the Affordable Care Act and repealing a…
CNO: Navy Needs to Reshuffle $ 2 billion to Cover O&M and Shipbuilding Accounts
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert informally asked the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) for authority to shuffle $…