http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/02/06/military-services-sequestration-plan-panetta/1896401/
"The Air Force plans to cut aircraft maintenance by one-third, eliminate support for popular military air shows and cut support to more than 30 weapons systems if the mandatory budget cuts set to go into effect March 1 are not stopped or adjusted, military budget documents obtained by USA TODAY show.
The Army says the same forced cuts mean they will have to cut funding for counter-IED efforts, intelligence and surveillance aircraft and new soldier equipment. All of these cuts will happen, the services say, if Congress and the White House don't hold off the cuts required by a summer 2011 budget deal.
The Navy would slash by more than half the number flying hours for its warplanes on aircraft carriers in the Middle East.
It would also not send an aircraft carrier task force scheduled to go to the Persian Gulf.........."
My personal view is that the time for the US to be the world's policeman is long past and our military budget is one of the main things that's breaking our country's back financeally. My fear, however, is that there will be no change in our foreign affairs policy, we'll continue to try to 'do more with less', and our service men (and women) willl be put in harm's way to further someone's political agenda.
Lobbyists for munitions manufactures hold way to much sway over our foreign policy.