Oh my! You’ll get hit by lightning or something for a comment like that. I’ll be right there beside you when it happens.
As for the tempo and this article, I guess our enemies already know how weak we are? Is there really any need to telegraph it to them though?
That ship with all the rust on it? Are people now prohibited from scraping and painting? What happened to anti fouling biocide paint?
Why does the USS Stout look like a reject from the Black Sea Fleet?
There's several reasons, and from reading the article, all are plausible.
Is the Navy out of Haze Gray paint? Possibly.
Is the Navy out of wire brushes? Again, possibly.
Are the air compressors that would operate the needle guns broken? Yes, possibly.
Are the air compressors that would operate the needle guns perfectly functional but the only qualified operator to turn on the air compressors let his PHA lapse because he doesn't have eye glasses aboard the vessel and now the ship's QA won't let him turn on the air compressors? Yes, this could be possible.
Perhaps the ship has plenty of paint, needle guns, air compressors, and everything they need to paint the ship except the respirators they'd need to wear to paint have expired. That's also possible. Or perhaps the qualification they need to inspect the respirators to use the paint has expired and they can't log on to the NKO course they need to take to requal because the ship's internet isn't working....
This is the current state of the Navy.