Navy Officials Told Hill Sensitive Info On Navy Readiness: Stackley

Navy Officials Told Hill Sensitive Info On Navy Readiness: Stackley
Navy Officials Told Hill Sensitive Info On Navy Readiness: Stackley

NATIONAL HARBOR: In their desperation to convince Congress that budget gridlock hurts military readiness, Navy officials made public some information that they shouldn’t have, Acting Secretary Sean Stackley told reporters here today. It’s this oversharing of readiness data, along with too much detailed talk about future capabilities that prompted the Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. John…

Shutdown Hits Military Thinkers, Planners

Shutdown Hits Military Thinkers, Planners
Shutdown Hits Military Thinkers, Planners

  So how hard is the federal shutdown hitting the US military? “Walking around the building, I would say we’re probably at about a third of our staff right now,” said one military officer. (About half the Defense Department’s civil servants have been furloughed, but military personnel are still on duty). Of 26 people in…