CRANE, Ind. (WOWO): Officials at southern Indiana’s Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center say one-day-a-week unpaid furloughs are about to start for its thousands of civilian workers.

Base officials say the federally mandated furloughs caused will start next month and continue through September. The base’s nearly 3,100 Navy employees and 800 Army workers will see a 20 percent pay cut during that time.
 
Critics say the furloughs won’t save money and will hurt projects done at the base southwest of Bloomington. They also maintain the furlough of Crane police officers will force a gate closing, leading to U.S. 231 traffic backups.
 
Work at Crane ranges from defusing old bombs to developing jamming devices.