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Navy Could Sideline 17 Support Ships Due to Manpower Issues
U.S. Naval Institute ^ | AUGUST 22, 2024 | SAM LAGRONE

Posted on 09/03/2024 12:59:18 PM PDT by Retain Mike

Military Sealift Command has drafted a plan to remove the crews from 17 Navy support ships due to a lack of qualified mariners to operate the vessels across the Navy, USNI News learned.

The MSC “force generation reset” identified two Lewis and Clark replenishment ships, one fleet oiler, a dozen Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transports (EPF) and two forward-deployed Navy expeditionary sea bases that would enter an “extended maintenance” period and have their crews retasked to other ships in the fleet, three people familiar with the plan told USNI News Thursday.

Based on the crew requirements on the platforms, sideling all the ships could reduce the civilian mariner demand for MSC by as many as 700 billets.

A defense official confirmed the basic outline of the plan to USNI News on Thursday. Two sources identified the forward-deployed sea bases as USS Lewis Puller (ESB-3), based in Bahrain in U.S. Central Command, and USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB-4), based in Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Greece, and operated in U.S. European and Africa Command.

A Navy official, when contacted by USNI News, acknowledged the service was working on a plan to retask civilian mariners but did not provide details.

The new effort, known informally as “the great reset” has yet to be adopted by the Navy and is awaiting approval from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, USNI News understands.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.usni.org ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: manpower; navy; ships

1 posted on 09/03/2024 12:59:18 PM PDT by Retain Mike
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To: Retain Mike

Person power?


2 posted on 09/03/2024 1:01:16 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? ECheck! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Retain Mike

They could always hire some of those Houdis Youts.


3 posted on 09/03/2024 1:01:37 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Liberals are FOS. The greatest threat to "democracy" is freeloader "immigration". Stupid morons.)
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To: Retain Mike

These are not US Navy sailors, they are civilian operators of navy ships. Still, not good considering the class of ships affected.


4 posted on 09/03/2024 1:02:38 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Retain Mike

I would be in favor of a law instituting a draft of all children of Fed.gov employees GS15 and above.


5 posted on 09/03/2024 1:03:03 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Retain Mike

Who would want to join the woke navy anymore?


6 posted on 09/03/2024 1:38:40 PM PDT by Signalman (I am not a snob. Ask anyone who matters.)
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To: Retain Mike

We need the money for more important things, like transgender surgery and maternity uniforms for male sailors having babies.


7 posted on 09/03/2024 1:40:09 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: Retain Mike

Gee, just what could be the issue? The DOD will never tell the truth of the matter unless PDT gets back in and cleans house.


8 posted on 09/03/2024 1:51:37 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Retain Mike

HATECRIME!!!


9 posted on 09/03/2024 1:55:20 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: PGR88

Lord , you do not want those low IQ DEI american haters
near the military .


10 posted on 09/03/2024 2:03:58 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: Retain Mike
Look everybody, it's the US Navy!!!
empty
11 posted on 09/03/2024 2:14:17 PM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: Retain Mike

Guess the “Get Real, Get Better” program they are touting isn’t as successful as the current crowing alleges.


12 posted on 09/03/2024 2:40:56 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (We used to be a Republic, we are now a Fascist Klepto-Thugocracy.)
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To: rktman

I mean who needs Merchies when the balloon goes up am I right? JFC TFG/TFW can’t be gone soon enough.


13 posted on 09/03/2024 2:44:14 PM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: Retain Mike

Due to Biden administration character and leadership issues.


14 posted on 09/03/2024 2:45:35 PM PDT by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Signalman
Who would want to join the woke navy anymore?

Used to be a lot of jokes about the Navy when I was in, and we thought that's all they were back then. Then the modern Navy had to go and become their own caricature.

15 posted on 09/03/2024 4:04:46 PM PDT by voicereason (When a bartender can join Congress and become a millionaire...there’s a problem.)
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To: Retain Mike

“Navy Could Sideline 17 Support Ships Due to Manpower Issues”

Just in time to fight China in WW3.


16 posted on 09/03/2024 4:13:55 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Retain Mike
> and is awaiting approval from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti… <

I just noticed something. Today’s admirals all grin like silly clowns.
Adm. Franchetti:

Then there’s Adm. Nimitz. All business.


17 posted on 09/03/2024 4:38:40 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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