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Government's Moneyball Moment
Reshaping the Sea Service
- June 1, 2004
- Comments
- $119 billion the Navy's fiscal 2005 budget request.
- $77 billion the share of the 2005 budget slated for personnel expenses.
- $1.2 billion the amount the Navy estimates it saves for every 10,000 jobs eliminated.
- 413,500 the number of active-duty and reserve sailors on duty at the height of Operation Iraqi Freedom last spring.
A Varied Crew
Half of the Navy's 900,000 personnel are active-duty or reserve sailors, while the remainder are Defense Department civilian workers and contract employees.
- 470,000 Active-duty and reserve sailors
- 180,000 Federal civilian employees
- 250,000 Contractor employees (Fiscal 2005 estimate)
Source: U.S. NAVY
Thinning the Ranks
By the end of the decade, the Navy will shed about 25,000 sailors, dropping from a high of 382,000 to 357,000.
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