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HASC Readiness Mark Pushes Surface Force Changes

HASC Readiness Mark Pushes Surface Force Changes
The USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) arrives in the port of Pascagoula, Miss.on Jan. 19 aboard the heavy lift vessel MV Transself as it heads to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard for repairs and upgrades. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The House Armed Services subcommittee on readiness addressed several issues raised by reviews of Navy destroyer collisions in the Pacific last summer in its mark of the FY ’19 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).The mark would require the Secretary of the Navy to limit the forward deployment of Navy vessels to 10 years. However, the bill allows the secretary to waive the requirements for individual vessels when he notifies the congressional defense committees.The same bill section also directs all current…

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