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To Fix the Department of the Navy - Kill the Mabus Legacy
« on: January 04, 2017, 12:25:38 pm »
To Fix the Department of the Navy - Kill the Mabus Legacy
by Gary Anderson

Journal Article | January 2, 2017 - 10:10am

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To Fix the Department of the Navy - Kill the Mabus Legacy

Gary Anderson

Global warming and political incorrectness are the greatest threats to the United States, and it is the job of America’s Navy to protect us from those threats. For the past eight years, that has been the strategic legacy of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, and the primary goal of his successor should be to ensure that Mabus has no legacy. The traditional mission of the US Navy has been to deter potentially hostile navies, or failing to do that, defeat them. Getting the US naval services back to that philosophy is going to be a big job for the new administration.

The Mabus priorities have been making the naval services more caring, inclusive, and environmentally protective. Discipline, combat effectiveness, and readiness have been secondary goals at best. Under Mabus, the Navy has sunk to readiness levels approaching those of the post-Vietnam Carter era. The breakdown of the appropriately named USS Zumwalt in the Panama Canal late last year is symbolic of Mabus and his “Great Green Fleet” concept. Zumwalt was arguably the worst Chief of Naval Operations in history. His namesake ship has been a disaster. Its main gun fires a round that is so expensive that it cannot be used in training, and would be ineffective in supporting sustained land operations, which is one of its primary missions.

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Re: To Fix the Department of the Navy - Kill the Mabus Legacy
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2017, 03:07:46 pm »
Amen -- Mabus is the worst thing to happen to the Naval Services since Pearl Harbor.  Also appreciated the passing shot at Zumwalt.

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Re: To Fix the Department of the Navy - Kill the Mabus Legacy
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2017, 03:27:24 pm »
Can we get rid of the 'green fleet' concept and return to ordinary (and far less expensive) fuels?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/07/19/the-navys-great-green-fleet-strikes-back/#935917e4cbcf
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