Military Readiness
*Sequestration is a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending.
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force officials testified at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on U.S. military readiness and… read more
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force officials testified at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on U.S. military readiness and the impact of budget reductions due to sequestration.* Topics included the state of modernization programs, recruitment and retention issues, diminished capacities to train pilots, and the effects of the federal hiring freeze put in place by the Trump administration.
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