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Top Marine: Budget Uncertainty Creates Conditions That Costs Lives

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Top Marine: Budget Uncertainty Creates Conditions That Costs Lives
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller attends a baseball game at Nationals Park, Washington, D.C., July 25, 2017. Neller threw the first pitch during the annual Marine Night at the ballpark. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Samantha K. Braun)

Without the budget to maintain legacy aircraft, Marine Corps pilots are not flying the hours they need to remain proficient, which causes crashes and further reduces the number of aircraft available, according to Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller.The cycle is costing Marine lives in high-profile crashes and causing some pilots to exit the service because they have a guarantee of flying and a better paycheck in the commercial airline industry, Neller said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi…

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