Nearly 15,000 Hawai‘i DOD Employees Began Furloughs

Nearly 15,000 Hawai‘i DOD employees began furloughs. That’s a 20% paycut over 3 months.

Navy officials in Hawaii said they have 10,890 civilian employees, but 4,500 of those people who work at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Facility won’t be affected.

Approximately 1,680 Air Force civilians in Hawaii will be impacted by the furloughs, Capt. Robert Howard said in an email.

Marine Corps Base Hawaii officials said 510 employees there will be furloughed. And according to the Army, more than 850 U.S. Army Hawaii Garrison civilian employees may be furloughed. The Army figures don’t include numbers for the Tripler Army Medical Center, U.S. Army Pacific Command and some other Army commands.

The branches of the military said the furloughs will affect all sorts of employees including accountants, human resources personnel, contracting specialists, plumbers and electricians.

American Forces Press Service reported that the furlough notices started going out Tuesday, 9 July 2013.