DefenceTalkUpon release of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2014 budget here April 10, the services’ senior leaders said the shadow of sequestration in 2013 and on-going fiscal uncertainty will affect critical programs and objectives for years to come. While Air Force officials have scrambled to minimize impacts on readiness and people, the bow-wave of reductions, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fy-14-budget-sequester-puts-key-air-force-objectives-at-risk-47441/

DefenceTalkAerial demonstrations have been halted. Army band performances and the Army Birthday Ball are canceled. Communities across America are seeing less of the United States Army because of sequestration. The across-the-board budget cuts are drastically impacting a very visible mission of the Army, engaging and interacting with the American people. The Army has a wide […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-outreach-cut-by-sequestration-47166/

DefenceTalkIn the wake of sequestration, the Air Force officially suspended military tuition assistance March 11. Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley announced the Air Force has officially suspended military TA for the remainder of fiscal 2013. The program will continue to be evaluated to determine the way ahead in fiscal 2014. The Defense Department’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/air-force-suspends-military-tuition-assistance-47138/

DefenceTalkAir Force senior leaders issued updated guidance to leaders of Air Force major commands and addressed the service’s Airmen last week on how the service will operate under sequestration and a continuing resolution for the remainder of the fiscal year. Acting Under Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Jamie Morin and Air Force Vice Chief […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sequestration-impacts-ripple-across-air-force-47095/

DefenceTalkLarge and sudden U.S. spending cuts and an unstable budget environment promise long-term damage to a critical segment of the defense industrial base, the Defense Department’s top maintenance official recently told a congressional panel. John Johns, deputy assistant secretary of defense for maintenance policy and programs, testified last week before the House Armed Services readiness […]https://www.defencetalk.com/budget-cuts-threaten-defense-industrial-base-official-says-47050/

DefenceTalkThe reset of equipment returning from Afghanistan may be affected by sequestration, said the commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command. The cancellation of reset would affect post-combat repair for about 1,000 vehicles, 14,000 communications devices and 17,000 weapons, Gen. Dennis Via, commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command, or AMC, told an audience of about 500 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sequestration-may-affect-reset-from-afghanistan-46959/

DefenceTalkDeep, across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1 would cause chaos for the Defense Department, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said in a televised interview yesterday. Carter told Judy Woodruff on “PBS Newshour” that the department will do what it can to minimize disruptions should the cuts kick in, but it can […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spending-cuts-would-cause-chaos-carter-says-46905/

DefenceTalkIf sequestration is triggered next week, unpaid furloughs for civilian Defense Department employees will start in late April, Pentagon officials said here today. Sequestration is a provision in budget law that will trigger major across-the-board spending cuts March 1 unless Congress agrees on an alternative. DOD Comptroller Robert F. Hale told reporters at a Pentagon […]https://www.defencetalk.com/if-sequestration-triggers-furloughs-begin-in-late-april-46894/

DefenceTalkOn Capitol Hill Feb. 13, the Army’s chief of staff told lawmakers in very clear terms what budget reductions under sequestration would do to Soldiers and Army readiness. “It has grave consequences and immediate readiness impact on our forces,” Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno told members of the House Armed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sequestration-could-mean-training-reduction-for-80-percent-of-ground-forces-46812/

DefenceTalkTop officers from all of the military services today predicted dire consequences if looming automatic, across-the-board spending cuts are allowed to take effect, and they urged the members of the Senate Armed Services Committee to do all in their power to stop the process. If unchanged, the process known as sequestration will add $470 billion […]https://www.defencetalk.com/service-chiefs-detail-sequestration-consequences-46778/