Photo: Marine Commandant James F. Amos. WikipediaMarines Must Live With 'Good Enough' As Budget Shrinks: Amos -- Aol Defense
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: As war funding goes away, Marines must learn to live with "good enough" in an era of austerity, Commandant James Amos declared today at the National Press Club, saying that even top-priority programs like the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter and the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor face the budget axe.
Even without sequestration, the half-trillion in cuts over 10 years already imposed by last year's Budget Control Act are "going to have an impact on the amount of things we're able to buy," Gen. Amos said. "Right now we've not adjusted the top numbers, the program of record, [for] what we plan on buying on V-22s and JSFs. [But] over time, especially if sequestration hits, we're going to have to take a look at the total numbers."
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My Comment: He is preparing the Marines for sequestration.
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