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Marine Corps Worried About How to Move and Supply Troops After Navy Sidelines 17 Support Ships
« on: December 01, 2024, 01:16:37 pm »
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Marine Corps Worried About How to Move and Supply Troops After Navy Sidelines 17 Support Ships
 
Military.com | By Drew F. Lawrence and Konstantin Toropin
Published November 26, 2024 at 6:11pm ET

The Navy will sideline 17 ships to contend with a shortage of civilian mariners, the Military Sealift commander said last week, prompting concerns from the Marine Corps about how it will support and transport its own forces.

Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, the MSC commander, told reporters on Thursday that the move to dock more than a dozen ships was meant to give overworked and understaffed civilian mariners a break as the command looks to get "the foundation back intact" for ship maintenance.
 
While Sobeck said this plan would take place "over the next two years," he wouldn't say how long it will take to get ships back in the water. The result is that ships that support the Marine Corps will not be available, causing worries for the amphibious service that will compound existing challenges getting Marines to the field.
 
Sobeck's remarks served as the first official confirmation of an August USNI News report. A Marine Corps official familiar with the plan told Military.com on Tuesday that the service was aware of the Navy's intent to dock the ships when the reset was presented in August "and had concerns with it then."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/26/marine-corps-worried-about-how-move-and-supply-troops-after-navy-sidelines-17-support-ships.html
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Re: Marine Corps Worried About How to Move and Supply Troops After Navy Sidelines 17 Support Ships
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2024, 01:19:24 pm »
You can't sneak anything by the Navy anymore.  Since Franchetti took over as CNO, they even know how many supply ships aren't operating. :whistle:
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Re: Marine Corps Worried About How to Move and Supply Troops After Navy Sidelines 17 Support Ships
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2024, 08:49:48 am »
‘Poor Material Condition’ of Navy Amphib Fleet Prevents Marine Deployments, Training, Says GAO
Sam LaGrone
December 3, 2024 7:18 PM

 
Delayed and skipped amphibious warship maintenance has prevented Marine Corps units from training and deploying on schedule, reads a new Government Accountability Office report released on Tuesday.

Sixteen out of the 32 ships in the amphibious fleet are considered to be in “poor material condition” by the Navy’s own standards. Those ships include almost all of the Whidbey Island and Harpers Ferry landing ship docks and the majority of the Wasp-class big-deck amphibious assault ships, according to the GAO study ordered as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.

“These ships are generally the oldest ships in the amphibious fleet. Being rated as unsatisfactory means that these ships are not currently on track to meet their expected service lives because of the number of deferred mandatory maintenance tasks, the condition of essential systems, or the number of structural repair tasks required,” reads the report.

https://news.usni.org/2024/12/03/poor-material-condition-of-navy-amphib-fleet-prevents-marine-deployments-training-says-gao
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Re: Marine Corps Worried About How to Move and Supply Troops After Navy Sidelines 17 Support Ships
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2024, 08:50:42 am »
Admiral Franchetti has a plan for that though!  Doesn't she? :shrug:
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Re: Marine Corps Worried About How to Move and Supply Troops After Navy Sidelines 17 Support Ships
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2024, 09:05:49 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on December 04, 2024, 08:50:42 am
Admiral Franchetti has a plan for that though!  Doesn't she? :shrug:

She's another incompetent USN DEI hack who failed upward.
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