The head of the U.S. Fleet Forces Command told naval officers on Wednesday to maintain operational safety even as they begin to execute and manage across-the-board budget cuts from sequestration./.../
Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, wrote in an August 2012 paper that sequestration would force higher than normal cuts on the military’s operations and maintenance budget because that money is usually spent in the same fiscal year it is appropriated. Military leaders have long argued that sequestration would affect money allocated for military equipment and repair.