Less yard work getting done more deployments being made. The Kitty Hawk and JFK fiascos were not command level issues they were Pentagon level and above issues. GOD help us if they are shorting the nuclear fleet on maintenance like they did the conventional. I really do wish my old FR book marks work they say a lot as to what happened.
One other point needs saying. Saying we have say 285 ships does not mean we have 285 combat ships nor even 285 aviable too deploy. You can take away about 94 of those off the top if shipyard rotations are being meet leaving about 190 either underway or at the pier. This includes all ships. Most ships after a six month cruise need a three month yard period for maintenance nuke or convention does not matter. The less ships the more deployments the less in port time the less maintenance time. We have seen since Poppys term the damage the reductions have caused. It cost us a carrier that had a boileroom explosion at NOB NORVA atfer being over deployed. IOW they are taking major risk.