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Navy And Marine Corps Officers Detail Downsides Of Full Year CR

Navy And Marine Corps Officers Detail Downsides Of Full Year CR
U.S. Navy Sailors and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS-IMF) workers shift the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) from its homeport pier in Bremerton, Wash., to a dry dock in PSNS-IMF on March 1, 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian Kinkead)

The top officers of the Navy and Marine Corps last week detailed the limitations and downsides of the full year continuing resolution (CR) the Senate approved on March 14. After the House but before the Senate passed the bill but before the Senate, Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) and performing the duties of the CNO Adm. James Kilby told a March 12 Senate Armed Services readiness subcommittee hearing that “the Navy will need to make hard choices this year…

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