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Navy Had Already Decided To Rotate Forward Deployed Ships Ahead of HASC Markup

Navy Had Already Decided To Rotate Forward Deployed Ships Ahead of HASC Markup
A Department of the Navy press briefing with Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller. (Image: screenshot of video)

A week after a House panel said it might direct the Navy in its next authorization bill to rotate forward deployed ships after 10 years, Navy officials said they first decided on this change last year.Last week, HASC staffers said ahead of the full committee markup of the eventual national defense authorization act (NDAA) that about half of the ships in the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) fleet have been overseas for over 10 years (Defense Daily, April 26).The HASC…

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