
Budget Delay. Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran told reporters at the annual Surface Navy Association symposium this week that the President’s FY 2020 Defense Department budget release will probably be delayed a week due to the ongoing partial government shutdown. “It was supposed to be on the 4th of February, I think we’re going to kick it at least a week because of the government shutdown,” Moran said. Polar Star on Station. The Coast Guard’s only heavy…