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Budget Crisis May Portend Smaller Navy Carrier Fleet
A potential funding shortage of $8.6 billion over the remainder of this fiscal year has prompted Navy leaders to call off the deployment of one aircraft carrier and delay the overhaul and refueling of another.
Military Health Care Endangered by Cuts, Pentagon Says
The Pentagon “might not have enough funds” to pay for its health-care system under automatic spending cuts set to take effect March 1, according to Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter/.../
Military Warns Cuts Would Create ‘Hollow Force’ Akin To 1970s
The U.S. armed services, widely recognized as the world’s most ready and mobile military, is painting a picture of itself as a stagnant force trapped at home under automatic spending cuts just three weeks away/.../
U.S. Sets Timing of 2014 DoD Budget
The White House is preparing to submit top line budget proposals to Congress in mid-March with more detailed documentation to follow later that month, Defense News has learned.
New Concept For Combat Gets Workout In 3-Nation Exercise
Out near Guam, America’s newest battle strategy is starting to take shape.
Foreign Adversaries Ramp Up Defense Spending as Pentagon Cuts Back
As the United States and many of its allies decrease defense spending, America's adversaries are doing the opposite.