Lawmakers question Navy personnel cuts; officials see opportunity to streamline maintenance and acquisitions

Lawmakers question Navy personnel cuts; officials see opportunity to streamline maintenance and acquisitions

The Navy is losing approximately 16,000 civilian workers to layoffs and voluntary resignations, according to a prominent House appropriator, who questioned reductions to public shipyard labor and other hard-to-replace personnel while service officials pointed to opportunities to “rebalance” their enterprise. “I am very concerned to hear that the Department of the Navy will be losing about 16,000 civilian workers, including workers at our public …