The Navy submitted a legislative proposal to lawmakers that would decouple authorities to buy used sealift ships contingent upon making progress towards designing and constructing a new class of auxiliary vessels, according to a senior Navy officer. Vice Adm. Ricky Williamson, deputy chief of naval operations for fleet readiness and logistics, yesterday told the House Armed Services subcommittees on readiness and seapower and projection forces about the provision. While the military regularly sends legislative proposals to Congress ahead of the...
