The Navy's new ship floor is likely to drop to around 300 once its force structure assessment, set to be presented to the Navy secretary "within a week," goes public, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert told reporters today at a breakfast hosted by the Defense Writers Group. If confirmed, the number would mark a departure from the Navy's previous floor of 313 ships, a move that Greenert said was driven by strategy rather than budget. "We are in...
