Posted on Jun 15, 2022
House Appropriators Want Navy to Save 5 Littoral Combat Ships From Decommissioning - USNI News
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel sounds like a better alternative.
..."The bill “directs a report on alternate uses of these vessels, such as missions in the [U.S. Southern Command] and [U.S. Africa Command] areas of responsibility; and permits the decommissioning of four ships, which would also allow the Navy and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to explore the possibility of transferring them to partner nations,” according to a summary from the committee.
Seeking to defend the Navy’s push to decommission the LCSs, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday last month proposed to lawmakers that the service evaluate transferring the ships to countries in South America."...
..."The bill “directs a report on alternate uses of these vessels, such as missions in the [U.S. Southern Command] and [U.S. Africa Command] areas of responsibility; and permits the decommissioning of four ships, which would also allow the Navy and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to explore the possibility of transferring them to partner nations,” according to a summary from the committee.
Seeking to defend the Navy’s push to decommission the LCSs, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday last month proposed to lawmakers that the service evaluate transferring the ships to countries in South America."...
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Why can't they accept responsibility for contracting/purchasing a lemon and mothball the whole LCS fleet? Here's an idea; leave the US's Coastal Defense to the US Coast Guard and let the CG figure out the necessary platform.
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