Gunny
08-12-2024, 09:12 AM
Labor is only part of the problem, but it IS a problem. If I was looking for a job with a payoff in the end (retirement), I'd seriously consider an industry that by default never goes away and has Federal money behind it. Like the Marine Corps :)
As big or bigger a problem is a vacillating Navy bureaucracy. Part of it is their fault, part is Congress. The navy (and Marine Corps) constantly wanting modifications and thinking they can send things back with happy to glad changes so each person in the pecking order can get his name stamped on it is DEFINITELY a problem. However, the Navy constantly reprioritizing between mission and shipbuilding has a LOT more to do with those tightwads in Congress. Especially Dems. Current optempo has the Navy's manpower and logistics stretched beyond even where we were during the Clinton years. They're basically robbing Peter to pay Paul most of the time from what I have seen.
It's all going to catch up. We have all but one carrier currently deployed. They are the worst. When they go in for maintenance it's for a couple of years, not months, and they have no replacements. When Naval warfare doctrine is based on forward deployment, it all goes out the window and you need another plan if you can't rapidly forward deploy.
All these idiots in Congress and the WH are worried about is votes, and how can we eek this along until it's the next guy's problem.
The US Navy's warship production is in its worst state in 25 years. What's behind it? | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/navy-frigate-shipyard-workforce-retention-318c99f2161c4284e5ddcf0c1fa2b353)
As big or bigger a problem is a vacillating Navy bureaucracy. Part of it is their fault, part is Congress. The navy (and Marine Corps) constantly wanting modifications and thinking they can send things back with happy to glad changes so each person in the pecking order can get his name stamped on it is DEFINITELY a problem. However, the Navy constantly reprioritizing between mission and shipbuilding has a LOT more to do with those tightwads in Congress. Especially Dems. Current optempo has the Navy's manpower and logistics stretched beyond even where we were during the Clinton years. They're basically robbing Peter to pay Paul most of the time from what I have seen.
It's all going to catch up. We have all but one carrier currently deployed. They are the worst. When they go in for maintenance it's for a couple of years, not months, and they have no replacements. When Naval warfare doctrine is based on forward deployment, it all goes out the window and you need another plan if you can't rapidly forward deploy.
All these idiots in Congress and the WH are worried about is votes, and how can we eek this along until it's the next guy's problem.
The US Navy's warship production is in its worst state in 25 years. What's behind it? | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/navy-frigate-shipyard-workforce-retention-318c99f2161c4284e5ddcf0c1fa2b353)