Chief of Naval Ops: Sequestration Could Slash Key Ohio-class Replacement Project Personnel

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The Navy’s most senior officer this week expressed concern that sequestration could prompt slashes inrnconstruction personnel for nuclear forces, and could result in a long struggle to reprogram funding for projects likernthe Ohio replacement. Speaking Nov. 4 at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Adm. Jonathan Greenert,rnChief of Naval Operations, said the prospect of a sequester-induced 10 percent cut to defense spending couldrnresult in officials straining to fund the next generation of SSBNs. “[The sequester] is a bad situation for twornreasons: You haven’t planned for any of it because you haven’t been told to, and then you suddenly have all ofrnyour programs reduced by 10 percent,” Greenert said. “So you scramble for months to reprogram money to get thernimportant monies where they need to be, like the Ohio replacement.”