The Navy will wrap up a force-structure assessment that lays out the new ship floor -- or confirms the old 313-ship goal -- by the end of this fiscal year, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told the House Appropriations defense subcommittee today. The Navy had indicated in the past that it planned to finish the review in the spring. "The force-structure assessment will be done by the end of this fiscal year because you know we have to put it against...
