During the program, she cut back "on everythingelse in my life, " including traveling for pleasure because "there simply isn't time or funding, " she says.
The pay and benefits of military personnel stationed at these bases are exempted from sequestration, but just about everythingelse would be cut drastically during the last seven months of the fiscal year, meaning civilian defense workers would be furloughed, maintenance would be deferred, and dozens of other activities impacting local economies would be decremented.