[MilCom] Effects of Sequestration on the Navy

[Greg Brazil]

      Effects of the Continuing Resolution and Sequestration on the Navy

*Tier A -- Continuing Resolution ($4.6B Operation and Maintenance + $ 
1.7B "New Starts")*

  * Cancel 10 ship availabilities in San Diego ($219M)
  * Cancel 10 ship availabilities in Norfolk ($271M)
  * Cancel 1 ship availability in New London ($45M)
  * Cancel 1 ship availability in Washington ($65M)
  * Cancel 1 ship availability in Mayport ($4M)
  * Cancel 3rd and 4th Quarter aircraft maintenance in San Diego,
    Norfolk, Jacksonville, Whidbey Island, Lemoore, & Cherry Point ($433M)
  * Cut 1,121 temporary workers mostly in shipyards and base operating
    support ($30M) including USS Abraham Lincoln scheduled refueling
    (RCOH) which was to start Feb 14, 2013 and go for 44 months
  * Reduce Facilities, Substainment, Restoration and Modernization by 50
    percent ($1.142B)
  * Cut Base Operating Support by 10 percent ($363M)
  * Cut non-essential travel/conferences ($26M)
  * Cut Navy Expeditionary Combat Command by 20 percent ($182M)
  * Reduce ship operations, flying hours ($670M)
  * Cancel 30 building demolition projects ($62M)
  * Delay decommissioning and/or disposal preparation ($33M)
  * Implement civilian hiring freeze ($70M)

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*"New Start" Prohibitions*

  * Defer "new start" Military Construction Division projects ($675M)
  * Defer "new start" construction of CVN 79 ($608M)
  * Defer "new start" aircraft procurements ($150M)
  * Defer "new start" research and development ($263M)
  * Cancel construction of 1 DDG-51 ($1.4B) -- quantity limit

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*Tier B -- Sequestration ($4.0B)*

  * Cancel several SSN deployments
  * Flying hours on deployed carriers in Middle East reduced 55 percent;
    steaming days reduced 22 percent
  * Reduce Western Pacific deployed operations by 35 percent;
    Non-deployed Pacific ships lose 40 percent of steaming days
  * Cancel naval operations in and around South America; cancel all
    non-Ballistic Missile Defense deployments to Europe
  * Reduce Middle East, Atlantic, Mediterranean Ballistic Missile
    Defense patrols
  * Shut down all flying for four of nine Carrier Air Wings in March
    2013. 9-12 months to restore normal readiness at 2-3 times the cost
  * Stop non-deployed operations that do not support pre-deployment training
  * Reduce non-deployed operations for pre-deployment training
  * Cut all exercises (e.g., MALABAR, CARAT, FOAL Eagle)
  * Reduce port visits
  * Furlough most civilians for 22 work days ($448M)
  * Defer emergent repairs (USS Miami - $294M in Maine, USS Porter -
    $125M, USS Montpelier - $41M East Coast) ($505M Total)
  * Cancel Blue Angels shows in 3rd and 4th quarters ($20M)
  * Cancel Community Outreach Programs (e.g. Fleet Week)

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*IMPACTS*

  * Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group deployment extended indefinitely
  * Nimitz, George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group will not be fully
    ready for scheduled Fiscal Year2013 deployments
  * By October 2013, only one Carrier Strike Group / one Amphibious
    Ready Group (Japan-based) crisis-ready
  * By October 2013, CONUS forces will require nine+ months to deploy
    due to maintenance and training curtailments
  * Middle East deployed Carrier Strike Group reduced to one.

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