Your memory is just fine. The Clinton administration quashed the concerns because they were all busily slashing funds to the military while ordering appointees to spend what little was left on black berets, made by child laborors in Chinese sweatshops, to boost moral by making all soldiers feel as good as the SpecOps who EARNED their berets. Oh, and so foreign dignitaries wouldn't feel uncomfortable being wined and dined on aircraft carriers or partying aboard nuclear subs. Just a few years later, the USS Cole was diverted from her flotilla in order to refuel at the Port of Aden due to a shortage of fittings used for oceanic refueling.
No, your memory is fine. My memory is just fine too...though perhaps tainted with bitterness after all these years.
Okers.
Thanks!