Sequestration Takes Toll on Marine Aviators' Safety

Sequestration Takes Toll on Marine Aviators' Safety
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The collision of two Marine jets off the coast of Southern California in November gave San Diego a front-row seat to the life-or-death consequences of delaying maintenance and denying training hours to Marine Corps aviators. The lack of funding for these core elements of the USMC mission — due mostly to Congress' self-inflicted wound of sequestration — constitutes a breach of faith with the men and women who risk their lives serving our nation.

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