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.
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Person power?
They could always hire some of those Houdis Youts.
These are not US Navy sailors, they are civilian operators of navy ships. Still, not good considering the class of ships affected.
I would be in favor of a law instituting a draft of all children of Fed.gov employees GS15 and above.
Who would want to join the woke navy anymore?
We need the money for more important things, like transgender surgery and maternity uniforms for male sailors having babies.
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.
HATECRIME!!!
Lord , you do not want those low IQ DEI american haters
near the military .
Guess the “Get Real, Get Better” program they are touting isn’t as successful as the current crowing alleges.
I mean who needs Merchies when the balloon goes up am I right? JFC TFG/TFW can’t be gone soon enough.
Due to Biden administration character and leadership issues.
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.
“Navy Could Sideline 17 Support Ships Due to Manpower Issues”
Just in time to fight China in WW3.
I just noticed something. Today’s admirals all grin like silly clowns.
Adm. Franchetti:
Then there’s Adm. Nimitz. All business.
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