A Resurrected First Fleet Is the Weapon the Navy Needs to Counter China, Former SecNav Says
16 Apr 2021
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
When former Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite first pitched the idea to resurrect a numbered fleet in the Pacific that hasn't been active in nearly 50 years, not everyone was on board.
Braithwaite said this week that in looking at the Navy's challenges, he saw "a need to reorient the structure of the department." In November, he announced plans to bring back U.S. First Fleet between the Indian and Pacific oceans to counter China.
"You know, one of the things that the Navy doesn't do well is embrace that kind of change," Braithwaite said at an event hosted by the conservative Heritage Foundation centered around his pitch to recreate First Fleet.
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