Cancellations of training due to funding can occur when:
- real-world operations and events impact the training site/ship/unit with higher-priority usage or costs
- travel dollars don’t stretch as far because of rising costs in a FY that are unexpectedly high, whether for actual transportation or per diem
- strategic re-prioritization occurs
As high-visibility and important as USNA is, it is still a shore unit and a schoolhouse. When the operating Fleet needs a cash infusion due to real world events or higher than projected costs, shore commands get told, “ok, we’re re-allocating X% of your budget. Figure it out.” Then funds are shifted around within the USNA budget, according to the federal budget regulations. There are “pots” of money, and you can’t mix them. For example, personnel pay cannot be used for aviation fuel. New construction funds can’t be used for travel airfare. Any internal re-allocations among “pots” are done in the high stratosphere, not at local unit level.
The Supe and his staff invest available dollars in must-do training first, and optional, nice to do, is the most vulnerable to trimming.