
The Navy is still planning to move forward on former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s Battle Force 2045 plan to pursue a 500-ship fleet even though he was fired, a top official said Thursday. “Are we still going to pursue Battle Force 2045 – I think right now the force structure plan, I want to say it’s in staffing at the White House, so…I don’t see any change to that right now. We’ll have to see how things kind of…