US Navy Announces Response to Sequestration

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced March 2 that the Navy will go ahead with reductions in spending in order to meet the fiscal constraints imposed by sequestration.

In ALNAV 014/13, Mabus outlined a variety of reductions in operations, training and maintenance.

In addition to the ALNAV, the Navy Live blog also has a list of the five things Sailors, Navy civilians and Navy families need to know about sequestration.

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Naval Today Staff, March 5, 2013; Image: US Navy