SENATE TESTIMONY
Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, second from left, chief of naval operations, testifies on the impacts of sequestration on national defense with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, far left, Marine Corps Commandant James F. Amos, second from right, and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Peter D. Lawlor
Sequestration's Second Year Worse Than Its First, U.S. Military Chiefs Warn -- Federal News Radio
The chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps returned to Capitol Hill Thursday with a message they've been delivering to the same audience for two years: Sequestration is a terrible idea. But the second year of the automatic cuts, they warned, would be significantly more damaging than the first.
If Congress doesn't pass a budget and eliminate the sequestration caps, the service chiefs warned the Army will have to reduce its overall size by 18 percent over the next seven years and inactivate almost half of its active brigade combat teams. By the end of 2014, 85 percent of all brigades will fall below minimum readiness levels.
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Fewer troops, less gear: US service chiefs lay out specifics of budget crunch -- Stars and Stripes
Military Joint Chiefs Warn About Budget Cuts -- ABC News/AP
Pentagon cuts risk higher casualties: US generals -- Global Post/AFP
Services fight for pieces of shrinking budget -- USA Today
US Army Chief on Sequester Rhetoric: I'm a 'Realist' Not an 'Alarmist' -- Defense News
DoD Acquisition Chief to Industry: Reduce Overhead -- Defense News
China Deploys New Bomber with Long-Range Land Attack Missile -- Washington Free Beacon
Chinese Air Force's J-16 may play the core role in South China Sea combat -- People's Daily
Japan Putting Missiles On Pacific Gateway Islands -- Defense News/AFP
India's nuclear-capable Agni-I missile test fired -- The Hindu
Europe Tests Drone Warplanes in Battle to Resist U.S. Domination -- Bloomberg
NATO Plans Bigger Exercises as It Winds Down Afghan Mission -- New York Times
Video of British marine shooting insurgent suppressed to protect defendants -- The Guardian
NSA and GCHQ mass surveillance is violation of European law, report finds -- The Guardian
US military documents raise questions on German art hoard -- FOX News/AP
S. Korea can expect lower prices of F-35 fighter jets: expert -- Global Post/Yonhap News Agency
Dutch Parliament Clears F-35 Purchase -- Defense news
F-35 is Pentagon’s Top Priority: Kendall -- DoD Buzz
USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Set for Saturday Christening -- Defense Tech
US Army Looks at Chip Scale Atomic Clock for GPS Blocked Combat -- Defense Tech
Invasion: 7,500 drones in U.S. airspace within 5 years, FAA warns -- Washington Times
Five Ways Obama Can Fix Drones Right Now -- Sarah Holewinski and Larry Lewis, Defense One
Cuts Have Hagel Weighing Realigned Military Budget -- New York Times
Lunch at the Pentagon: Hagel Meets with Military Personnel -- NPR (Audio)
American Decline -- Information Dissemination
Attorney alleges Marine Corps commandant sought to undermine four-star's defense of accused officer -- Marine Times
Second Cambodian-Born Serviceman Faces US Military Courts -- Voice of America
U.S. Navy moles helped Malaysian businessman bilk service, prosecutors say -- Washington Post
My Suicide Attempt and My Struggles to Get Help -- Thomas James Brennan, At War/New York Times
Reports of sexual assaults in the military spike nearly 50 percent -- NBC News
'Lover Spy' hacker makes FBI 'most wanted' list -- BBC
Exclusive: Snowden persuaded other NSA workers to give up passwords - sources -- Reuters
Al Gore: NSA guilty of ‘crimes against the U.S. Constitution’ -- Washington Times
Security policies for a post-Snowden age -- Jane Harman, Washington Post
Zumwalt: The Navy's Great Experiment -- James Holmes, National Journal
Top 5 Reasons To Help The Military Develop A Real-Life 'Iron Man Suit' -- Carrie Sheffield, Forbes
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