Navy can't scrap ships, but can't fix them either via @starsandstripes #usnavt #military #waste

Navy can't scrap ships, but can't fix them either - Navy

stripes.com 22 Jan '13, 8pm

Navy can't scrap ships, but can't fix them either via @starsandstripes #usnavt #military #waste

The guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens, part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, based out of Yokosuka, Japan, conducts a routine Western Pacific patrol in September 2012. Paul Kelly/U.S. Navy The Navy is stuck with a number of poorly performing ships it wasn't permitted to scrap but can't afford to fix because Congress hasn't resolved its budget stalemate. Four Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers were on the Navy's decommissioning list for 2013 because repairing and upgrading them would cost billions of dollars. But Congress objected to the cuts and instead authorized money to maintain three of them. That money has yet to materialize. Congress failed to agree on a 2013 budget and instead placed government spending under a continuing resolution - a Band-Aid measure that keeps the government running at 2012 budget levels, with no new appropriations. That le...

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@kesgardner » 24 Jan '13, 5pm
RT @ccGaudette: .@kesgardner When they ask, yes, not having a budget does indeed have consequences. DoD waste for one: [link]
@ccGaudette » 24 Jan '13, 5pm
.@kesgardner When they ask, yes, not having a budget does indeed have consequences. DoD waste for one: [link]
@curiouser_georg » 24 Jan '13, 1am
Congress would not let Navy get rid of aging ships, now there's no money to fix them. [link]
@mrdavidboberesq » 23 Jan '13, 11am
Ah, yes... the US Congress... packed full of geniuses... "Navy can't scrap ships, but can't fix them either" [link]
@cristymsilva » 23 Jan '13, 8am
Navy can't afford to scrap bad ships [link]
@Aine » 23 Jan '13, 5am
RT @sdmattpotter: Navy can't scrap ships, but can't fix them either [link] via @starsandstripes #usnavt #military #waste
@sdmattpotter » 23 Jan '13, 5am
Navy can't scrap ships, but can't fix them either [link] via @starsandstripes #usnavt #military #waste
@peterthebellhop » 23 Jan '13, 12am
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@doc_history » 22 Jan '13, 8pm
RT @M_A_F: Budget cuts already drastically effecting our Naval forces... [link]
@M_A_F » 22 Jan '13, 8pm
Budget cuts already drastically effecting our Naval forces... [link]
@ccGaudette » 23 Jan '13, 5am
RT @sdmattpotter: Navy can't scrap ships, but can't fix them either [link] via @starsandstripes #usnavt #military #waste
@VeteranAid » 23 Jan '13, 12am
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