05/16/2022
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"Since reviewing this portfolio last year, one thing is certain. Our aged Ready Reserve Force of 46 ships which averaged 43 years of age a year ago now averages 44 years of age."
"I am troubled by that, because if you look at the availability of those submarines, we have the number we have to be able to put at sea any one time the necessary number to deter."
"We agree with the Secretary and the CNO that Sec. 8056 of Public Law 115-141 and other similar congressional directives that limit Navy's flexibility should be eliminated."
"this Inouye amendment . . . is an artificial seam that inhibits [Navy] from establishing a single standard."