Navy Statement Below: In anticipation of a FY17 budget, the Navy issued request for proposals for the three Norfolk avails (Mason, Whidbey Island, Nitze) on April 1, 8, and 22, respectively. See the full thing here:... — read more 

400 were let go in Nov / Dec 2015 but now we will have 2016 cuts in March - it's the third wave in 3 months - this will be really bad and people are getting more and more upset and anxious. This is mostly due to cuts that Navy is doing and they are... — read more 

Now, this is a pattern for BAE - http://www.dailypress.com/business/newport-news-shipyard/dp-nws-bae-layoffs-20151216-story.html