Amos: Marine Corps Unfunded Priorities Total $2.5 Billion

By Lara Seligman / March 26, 2014 at 4:54 PM
The Marine Corps fiscal year 2015 unfunded priorities list includes money needed for Joint Strike Fighters to replace destroyed Harrier jets and cash for Landing Craft Air Cushion upgrades, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos told Inside the Navy today. The list totals $2.5 billion, Amos said after a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing. It includes slightly more than $1 billion to replace six to eight lost Harrier aircraft with Joint Strike Fighters. The list includes about $400 million...

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