
The impact of a return of sequestration on the services would likely prove to have the biggest effect on special operation forces (SOF), not cuts to its own programs, officials told a House Armed Services panel.“The reliance on support from the services is where we see the largest impact,” Michael Lumpkin, assistant secretary of Defense For Special Operations & Low-Intensity Conflict.There is the potential of losing intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) support, modernization of the special operations air fleet, and those…