 Vice Admiral William Burke addressed the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness April 26th about the status of the Navy. He talked about the impact that sequestration has had on the force. Navy recommended changes to the FY13 Global Force Management Allocation Plan, or GIFMAP, including canceling deployments in the Pacific to Europe and to South America and reducing our flying hours and steaming days for non-deploying units. We reduced intermediate ship-level maintenance and deferred eight surface ship maintenance availabilities and reduced the scope of one availability. Leadership has made decisions in light of fiscal constraints with an emphasis on the ability to operate forward where it matters and that the Navy will be ready when it matters. From the Defense Media Activity, I'm Petty Officer James Stollepet.