By Joe Gould, Defense News: “A large number of American companies supplying the U.S. military may have left the defense market, according to a study announced Thursday, raising alarm over the health and future of the defense industrial base.”
SECNAV's Strategic Readiness Review
USNI News: “Even in a non-peer-on-peer environment, the Navy and the nation can ill afford the readiness deficiencies revealed in the recent ship-handling incidents in the Pacific. These deficiencies are of profound consequence. While the shipboard causes that led to those tragic events have been identified, this Strategic Review finds there are institutional deficiencies that have developed over decades that must now be addressed.”
Phillip Lohaus | US News & World Report (paywall)
Reforming the roles and responsibilities of our special operations forces (SOF) will more evenly distribute the burden of addressing our nation's most pressing security challenges. It will support efforts to reduce pressure on SOF and their families. Sixteen years is a long time to go at full speed. It's time that we consider how to improve the sustainability of SOF operations
quoting Admiral Gary Roughead via USNI News
The Navy historically doesn’t learn from its mistakes, needs better command and control structures to operate the fleet, and needs to be more honest with Congress and the White House about the capabilities it can provide the nation, were key findings contained in a strategic review of the service released on Thursday.