By Brendan McGarry
The U.S. Air Force has reinstated four of the 19 officers who were suspended from overseeing the service’s most powerful nuclear missiles after a poor inspection, the service’s top officer said.
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The decline was attributed in part to revised labor rates charged by the prime contractor — Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin Corp. — and its subcontractors, according to the Defense Department.
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The Republican-led House Armed Services readiness subcommittee disagreed with the Defense Department’s plans to begin the process of shuttering installations in what’s officially known as Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC.
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U.S. Army leaders may soon ask Congress for supplemental funding to pay for “unanticipated war costs” as a possible solution to shortfalls in its overseas contingency accounts. Actually it was Republican Sen. Susan Collins who brought up the idea of separate funding for the service to fix the $8.3 billion shortfall in its Overseas Contingency […]
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The decision, first announced by lawmakers from those states, drew instant criticism from colleagues on Capitol Hill who weren’t so lucky.
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The House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee offered support to two Navy programs under the scrutiny.
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