CNO: Navy Can Learn From Syria Strikes to Prepare for Higher-End Conflicts
By: Megan Eckstein
May 2, 2018 10:25 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy is studying its recent strikes on Syria to understand how the fleet performed well in a real-world event and how it may need to perform differently in a future higher-end engagement, the chief of naval operations said on Wednesday.
When the Navy participated in the April 13 air strikes on three Syrian targets, it used multiple classes of surface ships and submarines, operating from both U.S. 6th Fleet and U.S. 5th Fleet areas of operations, and in conjunction with joint and international forces. Adm. John Richardson, who spoke at the U.S. Naval Institute’s annual meeting, told USNI News during a question and answer session that “there are a lot of elements of that operation that are going to be those things that we want to continue to stress.â€
https://news.usni.org/2018/05/02/cno-navy-can-learn-syria-strikes-prepare-higher-end-conflicts
