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Alt-POM Planning Considered Impact to Acquisition, Still Leaves Some Risks

Mai Hanoon

Friday, September 27th, 2013

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The Marine Corps has finished its alternate budget planning drills but has not formally submitted its “alternate program objective memorandum” to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the assistant deputy commandant for programs told reporters this week. “We submitted a balanced POM on the Navy’s timeline,” Brig. Gen. John Jansen told reporters after a presentation at the Modern Day Marine military exposition at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 26. He added it was unclear when Navy leadership on behalf…

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