WASHINGTON — The Navy and the Marine Corps are eying a revamp of the force generation model for amphibious vessels as the services continue to work in tandem to improve the ships’ readiness, the Chief of Naval Operations said today.
The Navy currently employs a 36-month Optimized Fleet Response Plan for amphibious ships to accommodate maintenance, training, and seven-month long deployments. But shaking up this model could “kill the overhead of the phases of the force generation cycle that don’t add significantly to getting it ready for its next deployment,” Adm. Daryl Caudle said at the Modern Day Marine exposition today.
“What I can do today is go make our force generation more efficient,” Caudle said. “And so some of those things that need to be…
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