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U.S. official says Army’s industrial base in “death spiral”




The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) is a private, non-profit educational organization that represents America’s soldiers and supports the U.S. Army – Active, National Guard, Reserve, civilians, retirees, government civilians, wounded warriors, veterans, and family members.

Stew Magnuson reports for National Defense that on Oct. 15, 2014, the final day of the AUSA’s annual conference in Washington, DC, a panel of officials, industry leaders and academics spelled out all the problems with the U.S. armed service’s research, development and acquisition enterprise.

The panel’s moderator asked at what point will Army readiness be compromised by sharp reductions in research, development and acquisition spending.



Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Heidi Shyu replied, “We are already at that point” and that the Army-owned manufacturing facilities are in a “death spiral.”

Shyu said R&D and acquisition accounts have dropped twice as fast as the Army top line budget over the past three years, due to overall budget cuts, last year’s government shutdown, and furloughs of the civilian workforce. Parsing out the design and development accounts,the Army now has the smallest budget of all the armed services. All of which ” is very disconcerting for our future.”

Shyu said budget cuts do not equate to less work, but equate to more work as programs are strung out. That means more contracts have to be issued. Meanwhile, the vital contracting workforce is being “slashed and burned.” One-third the budget does not mean the Army needs one-third the number of personnel to carry out the acquisition duties, she added.

With the possible return of sequestration in 2016, the Army might be writing two budgets. “It creates an enormous amount of additional work and churn on all the folks that we have in the acquisition workforce,” she said.

The furloughs had an “incredible impact on the civilian workforce’s morale,” she said. The attrition rate is increasing. “We are starting to lose people we don’t want to lose.”

As acquisition programs are stretched out, it causes more inefficiencies. Purchasing items in smaller quantities equates to higher costs as opposed to buying in bulk. Referring to the Defense Department’s Better Buying Power 3.0 initiative, Shyu said, “It’s not better buying power. It’s much worse.”

The Army acquisition enterprise is being asked to deliver systems the Army needs but can’t currently do so in a timely manner. Because workloads are going down substantially in the organic industrial base — manufacturing carried out by government-owned plants — the rates the Army must pay are going up. That results in fewer items that can be purchased.

“This is a death spiral that we’re in,” she said. Congress won’t allow a Base Realignment and Closure process to reduce capacity, so there are few knobs the Army can turn.



Lt. Gen. Patricia McQuistion, deputy commanding general and chief of staff of the Army Materiel Command (AMC), said the impact of budget cuts on AMC’s personnel “cannot be overstated” and that “It is having a significant impact on our people and their ability to do their work.”

The budget slowdown means AMC is being given tasks to perform incrementally, which actually requires more work on the part of contracting specialists. That creates headaches for industry as well, which “really is the most inefficient way to do our operations,” according to McQuistion.

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The Fraud is a menace to the survival of our country. Democrats are obediently following him like Nazis followed Hitler.

It's a sure bet he'll be granting amnesty to millions of illegals after the election, creating a permanent Democrat voting block.

More like a permanent under-class totally dependent on government largess for survival.

Ishmael
 
More like a permanent under-class totally dependent on government largess for survival.

Ishmael

Just what our country needs....more unskilled labor. When the minimum wage goes to $15 we can expect a corresponding increase in entitlement payments.
 

it's worth quoting. Here come the personal attacks from the usual retards.

“I have to tell you the truth,” said Christie, a potential 2016 presidential candidate. “I’m tired of hearing about the minimum wage. I really am. I don’t think there’s a mother or father sitting around a kitchen table tonight saying ‘you know honey, if our son or daughter could just make a higher minimum wage, my god – all our dreams would be realized.”

Christie continued, “Is that what parents aspire to for our children?

The Democrats have seized on the minimum wage issue during this election cycle because it is one of those heartstrings-tuggers that make for an easy sell to the low-info crowd and because they are loathe to bring up Obamacare.

Christie gets close to the real heart of the matter here: Democrats don’t want people to aspire to bigger things. Now that the party is firmly in the grip of its progressive lunatic fringe, it behooves them to encourage Americans to remain in circumstances that will forever keep them dependent upon the government for survival, which a slightly increased minimum wage most certainly does. They demonize anyone who correctly describes what the minimum wage is supposed to be: an entry-level, part-time wage for younger people.

The fact that so many adults are working for minimum wage, rather than the wage itself, is the real problem.

OK, the fact that Democrats want to make people more comfortable in jobs they should be trying to get out of is the real problem.
 
AUSA's always in a death spiral any second away from loosing everything...so poor...no moneis....been that way since I was an E-nothing on Sand Hill Ft.Benning GA, 2002...


Nothing new here....
 
The Fraud is a menace to the survival of our country. Democrats are obediently following him like Nazis followed Hitler.

It's a sure bet he'll be granting amnesty to millions of illegals after the election, creating a permanent Democrat voting block.

Fuck you up your anus with a charged cattle prod then force you to gargle with battery acid. I HATE absolute fools like you who toss out stupidity like it was something valuable.
My father spent two years in NAZI POW camps. His best friend was shot in the head by guard for getting out of rank to tie his shoelace. He caught and ate RATS to keep from starving. My uncle John had part of an ear shot off by a machinegun bullet when he landed on Omaha Beach.
Go to HELL,go straight to HELL,do not pass go. FUCK YOU!!!
 
Fuck you up your anus with a charged cattle prod then force you to gargle with battery acid. I HATE absolute fools like you who toss out stupidity like it was something valuable.
My father spent two years in NAZI POW camps. His best friend was shot in the head by guard for getting out of rank to tie his shoelace. He caught and ate RATS to keep from starving. My uncle John had part of an ear shot off by a machinegun bullet when he landed on Omaha Beach.
Go to HELL,go straight to HELL,do not pass go. FUCK YOU!!!

your personal experience

DOESNT negate his accurate comment
 
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