US Navy in 'Financial Strain', 'Shortfalls in Payroll': 'They Shot All Their Weapons, They Trashed All Their Ships, They Ran Out of Their Money”
A Pentagon memo warns of payroll shortfalls as emergency funding is sought and non-emergency maintenance is deferred, officials and analysts said.
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'The piggy bank is broken': Trump admin spurs 'crisis' with 'raid' on Navy's payroll cash
The Trump administration has sparked a full-blown “financial crisis” within the U.S. Navy after pillaging coffers earmarked for service member payrolls, The Guardian reported after speaking with U.S. Navy officials and reviewing new documents.Dollars earmarked for U.S. Navy payrolls were being moved, according to The Guardian, to cover costs associated with President Donald Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran, a conflict that has drained t…
The United States Navy is facing a serious financial crisis due to the costs of the war with Iran and has had to reallocate money to pay salaries to finance military operations, according to documents obtained by The Guardian. The conflict would have cost $35.7 billion already, and experts warn that the funds are about to be exhausted.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Hoon-sang = As the war with Iran drags on unexpectedly, the U.S. Navy is holding out by 'borrowing' its budget, the British daily The Guardian reported on the 27th...
Mirko C. Trudeau President Donald Trump's war against Iran has plunged the U.S. military into a serious financial crisis, forcing the Navy to transfer money from its payroll and other sources to cover the costs of combat, according to documents obtained by The Guardian and interviews with Navy officials and contractors. Experts and former officials claim that accounts are running out and that financing a war without a clear end goal is the main …
Trump’s Iran war rapidly draining US navy budget, documents show
US President Donald Trump’s war on Iran has driven the US military into a severe financial crisis, with the US navy forced to transfer money from its payroll and other sources to cover the costs of combat, according to documents seen by the Guardian, and interviews with navy officials, contractors and defense analysts. The US-Israeli operation, which has depleted US munitions stockpiles and prompted retaliatory Iranian strikes that have wrecked …
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