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DoD furlough decision driven by readiness concerns
Roughly 680,000 DoD civilians will be forced to take one day off per week without pay between July 8 and the end of the fiscal year as a result of the automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration. Jessica Wright, acting undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, told In Depth with Francis Rose the decision wasn't an easy one.
Tags: Jessica Wright , DoD , furloughs , sequestration , In Depth , Francis Rose , Jack Moore , Michael OConnell
Military issues dire warnings of readiness crisis, decries political gridlock
Among the warnings the military's top uniformed officers delivered to the Senate Tuesday: Half of Marine Corps units will fall below readiness standards by the end of the year, the Army will have to curtail training for 80 percent of its ground forces and shipyards are already becoming short-staffed because of DoD's hiring freeze.
Tags: Congress , DoD , workforce , Senate Armed Services Committee , sequestration , Martin Dempsey , Ashton Carter , Mark Ferguson , Raymond Odierno , James Amos , Jared Serbu
By year's end, troops will be unable to respond to crises, Pentagon says
Shortfalls in operating accounts would mean military units would be undertrained, underequipped and unable to deploy by the end of fiscal 2013, senior DoD officials predict.
Tags: DoD , Congress , budget , DoD budget , Navy , Army , Joint Chiefs of Staff , sequestration , James Winnefeld , Robert Work , Terry Halvorsen , Jared Serbu
DoD standardizing, synchronizing cyber training
The department is creating and trying out a universal curriculum for five foundational cyber roles in 2013. DISA is leading the effort and will add new roles next year as it refines the training. The agency says it is doing all it can to synchronize its training not just across DoD, but across the entire federal government in line with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE).
Tags: DoD , workforce , DISA , cybersecurity , cybersecurity training , NIST , National Initiative for Cyber Education , Henry Sienkiewicz , Jared Serbu , AFCEA
Mandatory breathalyzer tests coming to Navy, Marine Corps
The alcohol screening program is part of a sweeping realignment of personnel and readiness programs in the Department of the Navy.
Tags: DoD , Navy , USMC , Ray Mabus , Jonathan Greenert , workforce , Jared Serbu , alcohol , marijuana , 21st Century Sailor and Marine ,
