The limit on buying used and foreign vessels should be raised even higher, Gen. Randall Reed, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, told lawmakers Wednesday. In submitted remarks ahead of Wednesday’s Senate Armed Services Committee budget hearing, Reed stated that TRANSCOM supports providing the defense secretary “discretionary authority” to buy ships off the commercial market. TRANSCOM, in tandem with the Maritime Administration, has purchased seven used vessels and expects to buy two more in fiscal year 2025, he added. “We are...
