Posted: March 22, 2017 3:35 PM
Armed Services Chairmen Warn of Training, Readiness Damage from Keeping Continuing Resolution
By OTTO KREISHER, Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON — The chairmen of the two armed services committees stressed the urgency of passing the fiscal 2017 defense appropriations, including a $30 billion supplemental, and warned that keeping the restrictive continuing resolution (CR) would stop training and crush combat readiness.
House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry said if the military is forced to live with a CR for the remainder of the fiscal year, “all but one deploying Army unit would cease training after July 15. That includes units scheduled to deploy to Europe and Korea. The Marine Corps will cease all flight operations in July and have to get rid of over 2,000 Marines.”
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