Tomorrow's U.S. fleet
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The operational readiness of the US Navy is being seriously hampered by shrinking budgets coupled with the increase of US participation in peacekeeping and other crises operations. The service is also facing a tight labor market and an increasing inability to attract and maintain quality personnel. An analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies has concluded that the situation could damage the future effectiveness of the country's naval forces.
Publication Name: Proceedings of the US Naval Institute
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0041-798X
Year: 2000
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The U.S. Navy in review
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The Navy placed an inordinate amount of strain on its personnel, platforms and equipment in 1999 in successfully demonstrating its flexible and scalable nature as an instrument of national security policy through numerous operations conducted overseas. How much longer this can continue must become a serious concern of the government. The strains on a Navy that is 40% leaner than it was in the beginning of 1990 were increasingly evident as 1999 progressed. Officer and first-term enlistent retention problems were felt throughout this year in critical warfare areas, as were crucial maintenance, equipment and parts shortages.
Publication Name: Proceedings of the US Naval Institute
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0041-798X
Year: 2000
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Tomorrow's fleet
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The US' future navy fleet would consist mainly of ships that are already in service. About 55% of the cruisers, destroyers and frigates of the surface force of 2015 is now already being used by the navy. The present submarine fleet would also constitute 70% of the undersea force by 2015. Moreover, only two new Nimitz-class carriers will enter service during the next 15 years to maintain a 12-carrier navy that is increasingly pressured by global commitments.
Publication Name: Proceedings of the US Naval Institute
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0041-798X
Year: 2001
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