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| Cash-strapped Navy puts hold on transfers, goodwill visits by ships |
| 2009-05-19 |
| $930 million funding backlog may affect service's readiness A cash-strapped Navy has halted 14,000 duty station moves, is reducing by one-third the sailing time of non-deployed ships and is cutting back on aviation flight hours and ship visits to U.S. cities to counter a $930 million ship repair and manpower budget shortfall, officials said. That funding backlog is being addressed by Congress; U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawai'i, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on Thursday added $190 million to a defense supplemental bill. The mid-year funds are intended to pay for repairs to the Pearl Harbor-based cruiser Port Royal, which ran aground in February off Honolulu airport, as well as to fix the submarine Hartford and amphibious ship New Orleans following their collision in March in the Strait of Hormuz. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #5 * US Debt is suppos to comprise 62% or more of GDP in 2010. * Ditto for the GERMAN NAVY. * Nothing is more horrible than seeing super-chunky USN female sailor doing a WHITE CRANE STANCE > The Horror .... the Horror .... OZZY OZBOURNE > SSSHHHHAAAAARROOOOOOONNNNN..... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-05-19 22:12 |
| #4 The slow death by rot of the USA as a global superpower starts with the loss of a truly global Navy. Ask Britain. Of course, some of us see this as a feature instead of a bug. Just depends on your perspective. |
| Posted by: Barack Karl Vladimir Fidel Abu Hussein Obama 2009-05-19 15:27 |
| #3 "operate under reduced engine capacity, or on one propeller if it's a two-propeller ship" This is pitiful. Is the USA Navy becoming a third world country navy? The slow death by rot of the USA as a global superpower starts with the loss of a truly global Navy. Ask Britain. |
| Posted by: Lagom 2009-05-19 14:21 |
| #2 wonder when the next private bailout is though |
| Posted by: funky skunk 2009-05-19 12:21 |
| #1 NOW HEAR THIS! NOW HEAR THIS! Para 3,A. IN-PORT AND WHEN PERFORMING COMMAND DIRECTED "GROUP/UNIT" PHYSICAL TRAINING ACTIVITIES, SEMI-ANNUAL PFA (TO INCLUDE BODY COMPOSITION ASSESSMENT (BCA) AND PHYSICAL READINESS TEST (PRT)), THE PTU SHIRT WILL BE TUCKED INTO THE SHORTS. SHORTS WILL BE WORN FULLY ON THE WAIST. THE LENGTH OF THE SHORTS WILL NOT EXTEND BELOW THE TOP OF THE KNEE. RUNNING SHOES WILL BE COMFORTABLE AND SUPPORT THE PLANNED EXERCISE. ATHLETIC SOCKS MUST BE WORN AND SHALL NOT EXTEND ABOVE MID- CALF. LOW CUT SOCKS ARE PERMITTED. PREGNANT SAILORS WILL WEAR THE SHIRT OUT AND WILL DISCONTINUE WEARING THE PTU WHEN IT BECOMES TOO TIGHT. FEMALE SAILORS WILL WEAR A SPORT OR DRESS BRASSIERE WHEN WEARING THE PTU. ADDITIONAL UNDERGARMENTS ARE AUTHORIZED FOR ALL HANDS. IMHO, "Transfers and Goodwill visits"... are the least of their worries. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-05-19 12:15 |