[Nachum]

Who is responsible? Make them walk the plank.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

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[US Navy Vet]

Cheney, Bush(41) and Clinton.

[Travis McGee]

Just like “Great” Britain before us.

Our radically downsizing the Navy and its missions will will mean the loss of global superpower status.

[clintonh8r]

I have read that the U.S. Navy now has more admirals than it has ships. Can someone with the facts confirm this?

[BipolarBob]

Can we outsource our Naval security to the Chinese? . . . Wait, that won’t work.

[Rudder]

...deferring maintenance...

Usually a disastrous procedure for ships and yachts, especially when they're floating in salt water.

Maintenance of ships at sea should always be proactive.

[central_va]

In 2011, nearly 22 percent of the fleet failed its yearly inspection,

Maybe the CO's of these ships should have a DADT policy on readiness.

[PGalt]

Thanks to all posters. Very good thread. FUND the people that defend this great nation...FREEZE the bureaucrats.

[KantianBurke]

“The Navy’s maintenance issues began in the 1990s when Washington sought a post–Cold War peace dividend. One of the first casualties was manpower, and that led to smaller Navy
maintenance crews.”

No. This is false. It was under CNO Admiral Vern Clark’s “optimal manning” plans beginning in 2001 that crew numbers were dramatically reduced. The invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq didn’t help matters either when it came to divying up Pentagon dollars.