According to this article, the real problem with the navy is the ethics of its personnel. Senior officers continually being relieved of duty for a variety of reasons. A massive scandal on who provides bullets and beans to the various fleets. Poor morale and low retention rates. How much of it was from the tone set by the previous administration? Will and can it change under the present one?
But the rot at the core of the U.S. Navy is of a variety that no amount of cash can cure. Over the past two decades, the American military in general, and especially the Navy, has experienced an unprecedented number of ethical failures. Flag officers fall to corruption scandals with frightening regularity and the 7th Fleet — the single most powerful naval force on the planet — is in the middle of a scandal that is unprecedented in scope.
To fix the Navy, we don’t need more ships. We need ethical reform.
Much more of this @ The US Navy Is in Trouble, But Building More Ships Won’t Save It
But the rot at the core of the U.S. Navy is of a variety that no amount of cash can cure. Over the past two decades, the American military in general, and especially the Navy, has experienced an unprecedented number of ethical failures. Flag officers fall to corruption scandals with frightening regularity and the 7th Fleet — the single most powerful naval force on the planet — is in the middle of a scandal that is unprecedented in scope.
To fix the Navy, we don’t need more ships. We need ethical reform.
Much more of this @ The US Navy Is in Trouble, But Building More Ships Won’t Save It