The 'S' Word: The Beginning, Not the End

摘要

And so sequestration has come. Sequestration is a reduction in funding without a reduction in programs, manpower, operational systems or infrastructure. In a game of chicken, U.S. leaders have slashed the accounts of high-profile and much-desired programs - eliminating some critical military training (the new lexicon "tiered training" means we are not training everyone, and its effects on readiness is a wound that will not become visible until the next crisis), cutting flight and maintenance hours, cutting civilian employees' work days, and refusing to send carrier groups overseas.