Military

Sequestration
DAVID JESSICK & PATRICK MOORE

What is sequestration

Sequestration is part of the Budget Control Act that mandates $1.2

trillion in cuts across federal agencies to include $500 million to the
military over the next decade (Sequestration and The Military).

Figure 1. Sequestration
Source: Sequestration will hit
contractors hard in 2014

Why did we chose this?

Both of our grandparents were in the military.

This is a on going issue.

It is an important issue for our generation

This affects the entire world.

Figure 2. Sequestration Source:

Sequestration And the Military

How did this come to be?

This all came from the Budget Control Act of 2011. ("The Budget
Control Act of 2011)

This was a compromise on the debt ceiling.

The United States was not going to be able to pay bond holders.

This bill was proposed by the Republicans who took majority in the
House of Representatives.
Figure 3. Obama Signing
Budget Control Act of
2011. Source: The Budget
Control Act

Effects of the Budget Control Act.

The debt ceiling was increased $400 Billion USD immediately and up
to $1.5 Trillion later ("The Sequester: Absolutely Everything You Could
Possibly Need to Know, in One FAQ.)

Spending was reduced by $917 Billion over the next 10 years.

Congress was required to pass a deficit reduction bill or

sequestrations would start.

Figure 4. Sequestration
Cuts. Source: Effects
Sequestration

Figure 5. The Automatic Sequester

Source: The Sequester

What are the effects of

sequestration on the military?

Cuts across the board

Aircraft

Research

Border Security

Immigration

Military Operations

Civilian Sector

Effects On Each
Branch

Air Force

Cutting up to 25,000 Airmen (Losey)

Reducing aircraft fleet by over 500 aircraft

Reducing spending on modernization

Laying off thousands of civilian employees

Figure 6. Air Force.

Source: Air Force Liaison

Navy

Fleet Operations and Management (Ferguson)

Development and building of new ships

Size of the Navy

Technology
Figure 7. Navy Insignia.
Source: United States
Navy

Army

Cut 45,000 Soldiers (Tan)

Cut 17,000 Civilians

Loss of a combat brigades

Lack of new equipment

Ageing technology

Figure 8. U.S.
Army. Source:
The United
State Army

Marines

Poor re-enlistment rates

Lack of maintenance

Cutting 7,000 troops

Increasing deployment time

Aging equipment with no replacement

Figure 9. Marines insignia. Source:
US Marines Logo

Aircraft

Most aircraft are over 20 years old

Lack new technology

Dont meet current standards for new aircraft

Becoming less reliable and expensive to maintain

Figure 10. F-18 Flying.

Source: McDonnell
Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

Navy Ships

Not enough money in the budget to maintain fleet size

Number of ships at sea have decreased (Olson)

Maintenance is falling behind on important aspects such as nuclear

reactors in aircraft carriers

Lack presentence in international waters

Figure 11. USS. Gerald Ford.

Source: Navy Comes To Its
Senses And Orders Shock
Trials On USS Gerald R. Ford

Why is this important?

National security

Recent terror attacks

ISIS

Refuges

Impacts the economy

Future jobs

Less money in the private sector

Figure 12. Eifel Tower Lit with The French

Flag. Source: Landmarks turn blue, white
and red in support for Paris

Size of The Military

Size

Currently 1.46 Million Active duty personal (How Many People Are
There in the US Military?)

Army: 490,326

Navy: 326,253

Air Force: 310,795

Marines: 183,787

Coast Guard: 40,075

Fig. 13. Size of

Active Duty U.S.
Army (1940-2014).
Source: Daily Mail,
Dick Cheney
blasts president for
unprecedented
Pentagon cut

Figure 14. Number of

Active Duty In the Army.
Source: BRIDGING THE
SEQUESTRATION GAP

Fig. 15. Top Ten Defense

Budgets. Source: Daily
Mail, Dick Cheney
blasts president for
unprecedented
Pentagon cut

Spending in 2015

Budget of $598.5 Billion Dollars ("Fiscal Year 2015: Budget Request.)

58% of the national budget

Money Allotment

Army $120.3 Billion

Navy $147.7 Billion (Includes Marines)

Air Force $137.8

Defense Wide $89.8

Figure 16.
Department of
Defense Budget
(2015). Source: Fiscal
Year 2015: Budget
Request.

Effects on Deployment

This doesnt bring soldiers home

Extends deployments

Deployments come more often

Deployments become more difficult and stressful because of a lack

of personal
Figure 17.
Marines
Deploying.
Source: Military
Guides and
Resources

Impacts

Training will suffer

Technology will fall behind

Current technology is already out dated

The lack of new innovations will set us behind even is funding is replaced

Both civilian and military jobs will be cut

How does this effect our

generation?

Less jobs on the market

Less growth in the economy

Less national security

Falling behind in research on key new technologies

Figure 18. Sequestration.

Source: Special Report:
Sequestration

Works Cited

Ferguson, Mark. "Sequestration - Impacts on Our People and Our Navy."Navy Live. Navy, 23 Sept. 2013.
Web. 02 Dec. 2015. http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2012/09/23/sequestration-impacts-on-our-people-and-ournavy/

"Fiscal Year 2015: Budget Request." Fiscal Year 2015: Budget Request. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2015.
http://www.slideshare.net/atlanticcouncil/fy2015-budget-request

"How Many People Are There in the US Military?" How Many People Are There in the US Military? N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec.
2015. http://us-military-branches.insidegov.com/app-question/443/How-many-people-are-there-in-the-US-military

Losey, Stephen. "Welsh: Up to 25,000 Airmen, 550 Planes Would Go If Sequester Continues." Army Times. N.p., 23 Sept.
2013. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. http://archive.armytimes.com/article/20130923/NEWS/309230019/Welsh-Up-25-000-airmen550-planes-would-go-sequester-continues

Olson, Wyatt. "Report: Navy Needs Massive Annual Spending on Shipbuilding." Stars and Stripes. N.p., 18 Nov. 2015.
Web. 02 Dec. 2015. http://www.stripes.com/news/report-navy-needs-massive-annual-spending-on-shipbuilding1.379603

"Professor Gerald Lynch - What Is Sequestration." YouTube. YouTube, 19 Feb. 2013. Web. 02 Dec. 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M99tkAzIWLQ

Works Cited

"Professor Gerald Lynch - What Is Sequestration." YouTube. YouTube, 19 Feb.

2013. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M99tkAzIWLQ

"SEQUESTRATION AND THE MILITARY." Military.com. Military.com, n.d. Web. 26

Nov. 2015. http://www.military.com/topics/sequestration

Tan, Michelle. "Army Lays out Plan to Cut 40,000 Soldiers." Army Times. Tegna, 10
July 2015. Web. 2 Dec. 2015.
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/07/09/army-outlines40000-cuts/29923339/

"The Budget Control Act of 2011 Budget.House.Gov. COMMITTEE ON THE

BUDGET, 27 July 2011. Web. 02 Dec. 2015.
http://budget.house.gov/budgetcontrolact2011/

"" The Washington Post. N.p., 20 Feb. 2013. Web. 2 Dec. 2015. The Sequester:
Absolutely Everything You Could Possibly Need to Know, in One FAQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/02/20/the-sequesterabsolutely-everything-you-could-possibly-need-to-know-in-one-faq/