Gilday and Berger sell FY-23 divestments as path to future force

By Audrey Decker / April 4, 2022 at 2:05 PM
The Navy's fiscal year 2023 budget request is about capability, rather than simple numbers, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said today. Gilday, speaking at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space conference, said the service is divesting platforms because it can only have so many ships that are properly manned, trained and maintained. “We've got to make some very difficult decisions about divesting of some platforms,” he said. “It's more than just a numbers game. It is a capability and numbers...

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