
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds the Navy is not positioned to provide battle damage repairs for its warships in a potential high-end fight and needs to improve its planning and overall capabilities. “The Navy has identified several challenges with using its regular maintenance capability (which restores ships to fully operational status) to provide battle damage repairs during a great power conflict. Challenges include—the lack of established doctrine for battle damage repair, unclear command and control roles, and…