
Their days often started off as early as 6 a.m., arriving at a nondescript building in Crystal City not far from the Pentagon. They’d grab some coffee and a little later sit down for a short meeting to review progress and the work ahead, and then go about their business.The business at hand for the 40 or so people assigned to the Small Surface Combatant Task Force was to figure out how to make the much maligned Littoral Combat Ship…