Navy Officials Seek Ways To Extend Lifespan Of Pacific Fleet -- Honolulu Advertiser
Following nearly a decade of increased war fighting with a shrinking fleet and a spate of embarrassing ship readiness issues, the Navy is taking a new "holistic" look at how it can sustain its surface ships as it seeks to stretch the fleet's lifespan, officials said.
A four-member panel — two rear admirals, a retired vice admiral and a readiness and training official with the Navy's Fleet Forces Command — has been convened to examine a range of issues involving the Navy's surface fleet.
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My Comment: It looks like the navy is scrapping the bottom of the barrel to find a way to maintain a 313 ship fleet without doing the obvious .... which is building more ships.
We should not be surprised .... the U.S. Navy knows that its budget is going to be curtailed in the next few years, they are just positioning themselves to minimize its impact.
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