/.../Marine Corps officials say the intense training done at this site in Chesapeake, Virginia is imperative to ensure the young Marines will be ready to respond to threats against U.S. facilities on a moment's notice. But, they say, looming budget cuts may threaten the pace and realism of the training/.../
Todd Harrison, an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington, said sequestration is expected to have a big impact on training and equipment maintenance, needed to maintain military readiness.
"Readiness is operation of the equipment, actual training, live fire exercises," he said. "It's how ready you are to go into combat."