Growing the US Navy becomes a problem when it can’t maintain its current enlisted end strength. The Navy missed its enlisted sailor first term recruitment goal by 7,464 In 2023.
Sal, I agree. Overall, this is far better than it could have been - for that matter, than we have any right to expect from a service chief in this administration.
I also would like to point out 3 words I did NOT see, anywhere in this missive.
Diversity, Inclusion, Equity
That may not seem like a big deal, but given how overbearing the DIE commissars are, the fac that this made it out without ANY reference to that nonsense suggests to me that Adm. Franchetti may actually be someone serious.
No doubt, there were voices in her staff that implored her to name-check those issues.
She didn't. She made clear a purpose focused on (in my words, not hers) "breaking shit and killing people on behalf of the US of A"
This was a breath of fresh air (tinged with the optimistic potential for the smell of napalm)
OK. So, when do we get to see the actual on-the-deckplates changes that will be needed to implement these fine ideas? Or will this simply be more Potomac Fleet hand waving? If this one can resolve the problems we see with rusting ships and overworked, unqualified, and in some cases unprofessional crews, I’ll be impressed. Otherwise, she’s just keeping the seat warm until her relief reports onboard.
I'd hate to run this through a plagiarism detector. Impression is it's pretty standard boilerplate, and doubt anything much different would be approved for release. Regarding naming of names, as a very large chunk of our naval resources are in / recovering from / or fragged to go to the middle east, don't see any mention of the former Persian Empire. Off limits? North Korea not mentioned either, but I suppose we could lump them in with the PRC. No mention of DEI, double plus points for that. Wonder how much recruiting numbers are concerning the senior staffs these days...
Yea, verily on "warfighter". ditto "hero" (unless it's for actual valor)...and, sigh.....the "thankyou for your service" routine (just my VietNam take)
and so; the article. Lots of talk, lessee the walk.
(and, I'll go first.....heck with little 'ol CNO.......Nomination for next/new SECDEF! )
More people and ships, definitely. How fast, though? OSVs with NSM strapped down and a couple SeaRAM and MGs? Others with towed arrays and ASW helicopters? Or just get more people, train them as techs and keep the maintenance up on what we've got?
A lot of people on this site have said or will say that they are happy there is no mention of DEI in this message. I would not be uncorking the champagne bottles just yet as I know how the far Left works. I suspect that the pollsters have told the WH that DEI has become a losing issue espeically among ethnic whites and the word has gotten out to tone down the rhetoric during this election season. I think it would be best to judge the new CNO by what she does and not what she says.
Growing the US Navy becomes a problem when it can’t maintain its current enlisted end strength. The Navy missed its enlisted sailor first term recruitment goal by 7,464 In 2023.
Thats a entire aircraft carriers worth and more.
I believe it was ill-advised for her to name names.
It only draws those names closer together.
The worst thing this administration did was undoing Richard Nixon's greatest accomplishment of separating Russia from China.
The neocon chicken hawks in their think tanks do not seem to understand that we cannot fight the entire Eurasian land mass.
Something is wrong. No mention of Diversity or Climate. Memo will need to be recalled when the administration finds out.
No mention of DEI. I'll take it.
This looks like something I'v read before???
Apologies to Mr. Pace; did not see his comment before posting.
Sal, I agree. Overall, this is far better than it could have been - for that matter, than we have any right to expect from a service chief in this administration.
I also would like to point out 3 words I did NOT see, anywhere in this missive.
Diversity, Inclusion, Equity
That may not seem like a big deal, but given how overbearing the DIE commissars are, the fac that this made it out without ANY reference to that nonsense suggests to me that Adm. Franchetti may actually be someone serious.
No doubt, there were voices in her staff that implored her to name-check those issues.
She didn't. She made clear a purpose focused on (in my words, not hers) "breaking shit and killing people on behalf of the US of A"
This was a breath of fresh air (tinged with the optimistic potential for the smell of napalm)
OK. So, when do we get to see the actual on-the-deckplates changes that will be needed to implement these fine ideas? Or will this simply be more Potomac Fleet hand waving? If this one can resolve the problems we see with rusting ships and overworked, unqualified, and in some cases unprofessional crews, I’ll be impressed. Otherwise, she’s just keeping the seat warm until her relief reports onboard.
I'd hate to run this through a plagiarism detector. Impression is it's pretty standard boilerplate, and doubt anything much different would be approved for release. Regarding naming of names, as a very large chunk of our naval resources are in / recovering from / or fragged to go to the middle east, don't see any mention of the former Persian Empire. Off limits? North Korea not mentioned either, but I suppose we could lump them in with the PRC. No mention of DEI, double plus points for that. Wonder how much recruiting numbers are concerning the senior staffs these days...
Yea, verily on "warfighter". ditto "hero" (unless it's for actual valor)...and, sigh.....the "thankyou for your service" routine (just my VietNam take)
and so; the article. Lots of talk, lessee the walk.
(and, I'll go first.....heck with little 'ol CNO.......Nomination for next/new SECDEF! )
"... we are Sailors and Marines. That should be enough." Amen!
More people and ships, definitely. How fast, though? OSVs with NSM strapped down and a couple SeaRAM and MGs? Others with towed arrays and ASW helicopters? Or just get more people, train them as techs and keep the maintenance up on what we've got?
I like it. As several others have said, blessedly free of the DEI crap loaded into everything else I've been seeing.
A lot of people on this site have said or will say that they are happy there is no mention of DEI in this message. I would not be uncorking the champagne bottles just yet as I know how the far Left works. I suspect that the pollsters have told the WH that DEI has become a losing issue espeically among ethnic whites and the word has gotten out to tone down the rhetoric during this election season. I think it would be best to judge the new CNO by what she does and not what she says.
War fighter? No we are Sailors and Marines.
We do more than war, we guard, defend and deploy in places that don't require war fighting.
I had misgivings when she was named. Not anymore. This is good.