Mike McIntyre: “The Navy is currently operating at an operational tempo that is unsustainable.”

In the end, future defense reductions will be paid for in the lives of our service members.

I continue to question how putting these ships into long-term layup status improves our national defense.

We realize, therefore, we can't take the security of our world's oceans for granted.

Let me be clear, the term 'phased modernization'... is a misleading one.