They are specific instructions to fire temporary employees, cease maintenance of combat systems, delay facilities construction and scale back training.
The Army will let go more than 3, 000 temporary and contract employees and beginning in April, it will cancel maintenance at depots which will force 5, 000 more layoffs.
Additional sizable savings will be realized from foregoing aircraft maintenance, reducing ship and aircraft operations, cutting IT spending 25%, and firing hundreds of temporary employees.