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Posted: January 11, 2018 5:30 PM
Ship Maintenance Improvements Mean Fewer ‘Lost Opportunity Days’

By OTTO KREISHER, Seapower Correspondent

ARLINGTON, Va. — Navy maintenance facilities are improving their record on getting ships out of the repair yards to the operators and focusing on restoring the ability of ship crews to do repairs on board, which would be crucial for operations in a contested environment, a panel of officers said Jan. 11. But, they said, Congress’ recurring use of prolonged continuing resolutions to fund the government inhibits their ability to perform their critical mission.

“Maintenance is a warfighting capability.” Vice Adm. David Johnson, the Navy’s uniformed research, development and acquisition officer, told an audience at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium.

http://seapowermagazine.org/stories/20180111-maintain.html