Hard decisions ahead for the U.S. Marine Corps
By Dakota L. Wood - - Monday, March 4, 2019
For the U.S. military, the budget outlook seems rather bleak.
We have not yet gotten into the annual rite of spring where senior defense officials trek to Capitol Hill to testify to Congress about the state of their respective services. But news reports on problems with major acquisition programs and force readiness — combined with the usual political posturing over defense spending — lead one to suspect that budget requests of all the services will face intense scrutiny.
The Navy is set to defer the purchase of two amphibious ships. It will also try to cancel the planned refueling of the USS Harry S. Truman, scrapping the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 25 years early.
The Air Force intends to purchase the F-15X, a modernized version of its 1980s fighter, because its F-35 program is not producing new aircraft quickly enough to offset the loss of older F-15 jets.
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