 Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced his decision regarding the furlough of Department of Defense civilian employees. I've made a decision that we'll go forward with furloughs starting July 8th of 11 days. If we can if we can do better as we get through the front end of this over the next few months then we might be in a position to be able to knock that back. The 11-day furlough is down from the original 22 days initially called for in March. Hagel said the furloughs will affect every military department and almost every agency with limited exceptions such as civilians deployed to combat zones. Employees set to be furloughed will begin receiving written notification June 5th. From the Defense Media Activity I'm Petty Officer Amara Timberlake.