Donna Miles writes that Navy Adm. Samuel Locklear said sequestration coupled with the government’s short-term budgeting methods could result in the military having a hollow force.
âWhat it does is make you spend your money based on a two- or three-year-old plan, so you canât spend the money on the plan that you need [and] what the American people need,” Locklear said, according to the report.
âInstead of 10 percent out of a big base, it takes a big chunk out of the things we need to do to do the job today to defend U.S. interests globally,” he added.
He acknowledged the military branches’ efforts to channel their resources into USPACOM programs in order to reduce homeland security risks, Miles reports.