Navy's Pacific region already feels effects of sequestration

Budget cuts have delayed deployment of a Pearl-based ship

By William Cole

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 06, 2013

~~<p>The deployment of a Navy ship out of Pearl Harbor was put on hold last week because of budget uncertainties that threaten to undermine the "rebalance" of U.S. forces to the Pacific, Adm. Samuel Locklear III, head of U.S. Pacific Command, told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced last weekend that the service is grounding a California-based air wing assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, with others facing shutdown; canceling or delaying the deployments of up to six ships through April; and sidelining four combat supply ship units in the U.S. Pacific Command area to deal with the budget crunch.</p>
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The deployment of a Navy ship out of Pearl Harbor was put on hold last week because of budget uncertainties that threaten to undermine the "rebalance" of U.S. forces to the Pacific, Adm. Samuel Locklear III, head of U.S. Pacific Command, told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced last weekend that the service is grounding a California-based air wing assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, with others facing shutdown; canceling or delaying the deployments of up to six ships through April; and sidelining four combat supply ship units in the U.S. Pacific Command area to deal with the budget crunch. Login for more...