Forthcoming FSA will 'validate' Nimitz-class carrier retirement

By Mallory Shelbourne / March 13, 2019 at 5:15 AM
The Navy's new force-structure assessment, slated for release later this year, will "validate" the service's decision to retire a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier early, according to the Navy's deputy assistant secretary for budget. "We biased this decision towards the future, mindful that we still have time to respond to further analysis," Rear Adm. Randy Crites, head of the Navy's fiscal management division, told reporters yesterday at the Pentagon. "There is a force-structure assessment, and other work ongoing, that will help...

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