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Mar 13, 2023 32 tweets 43 min read Read on X
I wonder if I am the only one hitting refresh every ten seconds on the DoD Budget Material Website
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comptroller.defense.gov/Budget-Materia…

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It's Posted! Image
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This is the slide for @BDHerzinger,

The end of the "One Third Rule"?

<Narrator: No it is not>

@ConsWahoo Image
The pages from DoD Budget for @mercoglianos & @johnkonrad (Navy Budget yet to be posted).

Word Search for "#Sealift" in two docs.

Note "National Defense Sealift Fund" is zeroed out in FY24. Moved into Navy Budget, I presume? ImageImageImage
From the FY24 Weapon Systems Budget Report:
T-AO 205 Oilers and AS(X) Submarine Tenders

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@mercoglianos @johnkonrad @cdrsalamander Unmanned Surface Vessels are so.... um...
what's the right word..... well, I give up...

anyways - they don't even include a snazzy artist's rendition of them.
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@Navy_Hipple @mercoglianos @salisbot @BDHerzinger Image
@mercoglianos @johnkonrad @cdrsalamander @Navy_Hipple @salisbot @BDHerzinger Hey! They've got a page for LHA's.

But, um, where is the page for San Antonio Class LPD's?
🤷‍♀️

@zach_ota @mercoglianos @johnkonrad @WDMills1992 Image
Now it's time to hit refresh every ten seconds on the Navy Comptroller webpage.

Sorry, not sorry, if it crashes.
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@salisbot @CavasShips @CSSProvision

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@salisbot @CavasShips @CSSProvision Army Budget time..... boring.
🥱🥱😴😴
Unless they mention #Sealift (which, btw, they cannot do their mission without) and the Logistics Support Vessels (LSV) and JLOTS.... which they won't.

@mercoglianos @johnkonrad @salisbot @zach_ota Image
@salisbot @CavasShips @CSSProvision @mercoglianos @johnkonrad @zach_ota Whoa!
He mentioned:
⚓️Army Logistics in IndoPacific (they are the "linchpin" service in the IndoPacific🤨😏)
⚓️Army PrePo, and
⚓️ Logistics Support Vessels
Go #ArmyBoats!

@mercoglianos @johnkonrad @BDHerzinger @salisbot Image
@salisbot @CavasShips @CSSProvision @mercoglianos @johnkonrad @zach_ota @BDHerzinger Followed nearly immediately, by mentioning investments in
☁️"The Cloud"
💻"Bring Your Own Computer" and
🖥️"Virtual Desktops"
😏

@johnkonrad @mercoglianos
@salisbot @CavasShips @CSSProvision @mercoglianos @johnkonrad @zach_ota @BDHerzinger All right! It's go time for the Navy FY24 Budget.
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@salisbot Image
@salisbot @CavasShips @CSSProvision @mercoglianos @johnkonrad @zach_ota @BDHerzinger I didn't do crash the Navy Budget website!
Ya'll did!
🥸🥸🥸
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Whoa!
The Undersecretary just read out the new part of Title 10 Mission of the Navy.😍

Eat it OSD! 😈

@ConsWahoo @cdrsalamander @salisbot @zach_ota
The slides from the to documents in the posted Army Budget materials mentioning Logistics and watercraft

Go #ArmyBoats!

@mercoglianos @zach_ota @johnkonrad ImageImage
@ConsWahoo @cdrsalamander @salisbot @zach_ota @MalShelbourne asked great question about the "strategic pause" in Navy Amphib procurement, in relation to the Army's announcement of procurement plans for watercraft (MSV-L and MSV-H)!

But the answer did not address this directly.

@mercoglianos @zack
@WDMills1992 @johnkonrad
@ConsWahoo @cdrsalamander @salisbot @zach_ota @MalShelbourne @mercoglianos @zack @WDMills1992 @johnkonrad That's a wrap on the Navy Budget news conference.

Budget materials should be posted soon.

Hitting refresh now.

@salisbot
BTW, I 💙that only the Navy Budget link has the special note:
"Please use Google Chrome or MS Edge to open. The site is not compatible with IE."

@Navy_Hipple @BDHerzinger Image
@Navy_Hipple @BDHerzinger I enjoyed the awkward silence while they were online, yet waiting for the PAO to make the introductory remarks.
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@Navy_Hipple @BDHerzinger Me right now, hitting refresh on FY24 Navy Budget webpage

@salisbot
And it is finally posted!

@mercoglianos Image
FY24 Navy "Budget Card"
🔎🔎🔎 Image
The FY24 Navy Budget "Bottom Line" Image
Maybe the most important table from the FY24 Navy Budget Highlights Book

@ConsWahoo @mercoglianos @johnkonrad @Navy_Hipple @salisbot Image
And the pages on #SEALIFT that @mercoglianos & @johnkonrad have been waiting for.

In theory, the Secretary of the Army, the IndoPacific Commander and USARPAC Commander should also be very interested in this section, too. ImageImageImage
In my other favorite Section:
"International cooperation"
Mentions a list of exercises, including the best exercise in the entire Navy:
Exercise #SEACAT
😍😍😍

@KruseBrendan @MarSec_Bradford @BDHerzinger ImageImageImage
@KruseBrendan @MarSec_Bradford @BDHerzinger "The strategic maritime defense partnerships we maintain today with our partners and
allies extend the reach and power of our force. With allies and partners we are stronger
and more secure than we could ever be on our own."
😍😍😍
@zach_ota @MarSec_Bradford @BDHerzinger
@KruseBrendan @MarSec_Bradford @BDHerzinger @zach_ota A quick scan of the "Supporting Exhibits" document, regarding #SEALIFT and Maritime Prepositioning program:
⚓️O&M Navy: Ready Reserve and Prepositioning Force
⚓️O&M USMC: USMC Prepositioning ImageImage
@KruseBrendan @MarSec_Bradford @BDHerzinger @zach_ota @mercoglianos @johnkonrad @WDMills1992 OK, that's a wrap for me.

Look fwd to listen to #CavasShips podcast by @CavasShips & @CSSProvision

And @defaeroreport podcast by Vago Muradian with @PMCroninHudson and team.

Anyone else doing an analysis of the Navy Budget docs, esp regarding #Sealift? @mercoglianos?

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When do you all start hitting refresh on the DoD Comptroller Budget page?

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