Is the Navy prepared, if they have to, to address the career progression issue?

My sense is that naval shipyard dry-dock capacity is substantially inadequate to serve the future life-cycle depot-level maintenance needs of the U.S. Navy fleet.

This is a real issue for us, and I really appreciate your coming forward and testifying.

One of the issues that we put in the 2016 NDAA was a concern that the new long-term TDY [temporary duty] policy may be discouraging excellent, excellent workers from going to other shipyards because of the cost of it and also, you know…

In May 2015, GAO found that incidents of degraded or out-of-service equipment have doubled on surface and amphibious ships over the past 5 years.

I just want to say, for the shipyard workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, I know they want to go and help the other shipyards.

shipyards have harbor security barrier around it, as do our installation piers. But what we have right now does not meet the requirement for high-speed boats that could be used for a terrorist attack. We're looking for next (generation…

Is that what you understand is the new policy? What impact is the policy having on attrition, and do we continue to have, still, challenges on the security for our shipyards?

You have not put it in place yet.

The Navy's plans to reduce and minimize future deferred maintenance in the surface fleet are aligned with the CNO's goals for operational availability.

I want to thank Senator Booker, because he has been very focused on this issue and making sure that we continue to reform our framework for handling UAS to spur innovation while also we need to make sure that we protect safety and privacy.

He told me that he is concerned that, in fact, criminality, terrorists, and returning foreign fighters are, clearly, a daily part of the refugee flow now.