Odierno: Army Faces $17B Readiness Cuts; CH-47 MYP At Risk

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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno on a recent visit to South Korea.

Odierno: Army Faces $17B Readiness Cuts; CH-47 MYP At Risk
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Published: January 24, 2013

CRYSTAL CITY: If Republicans and Democrats can't come to terms, the combination of sequestration, a year-long Continuing Resolution, and reduced Overseas Contingency Operation (OCO) funding will slam Army readiness accounts by $17-$19 billion, Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said this morning.

All told, he said, the legislative impasse puts at risk everything from military training to family support, from the civil service workforce to weapons programs like the multi-year procurement of the CH-47F Chinook helicopter.

"If we do not have a legislative solution that provides our leaders with the time and the flexibility to shape our force for the future, we will create a hollow force," Odierno said at an Association of the US Army breakfast. "We'll very quickly go to extremely low levels of readiness in the next six months throughout the Army."

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Like the other services, the Army is already beginning to cut costs in anticipation of a sequester and a year-long CR, including an immediate freeze on civilian hires.


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