Have you guys started getting 600 dollar (or Pound equivilent) hammers put in the budget yet? That's when you really have to start worrying.
Wouldn't some of that money be better spent to not have to mothball all those ships that were being talked about here a little while back? I'd think so.
As for military pay, it pretty much sucks everywhere. I'd love to see Congress commit to not voting themselves a pay raise until after they've voted in a comparable one (by percentage of increase) for all the troops. But that's about as likely to happen as the USN converting to Metric next week...
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