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Navy/USMC

Navy Leadership To See Draft FSA Next Month, Unmanned A Priority

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

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Navy Leadership To See Draft FSA Next Month, Unmanned A Priority

Undersecretary of the Navy Thomas Modly is briefed by Capt. Jeffrey Grimes, commanding officer of Naval Base Guam, during a visit on Sept. 30, 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The undersecretary of the Navy said the service’s leadership should be getting a draft of the next Force Structure Assessment (FSA) in November.Then the Navy leaders will have a chance to adjust the report before a final report is released some time next year, Undersecretary Thomas Modly told reporters at a Defense Writers Group breakfast on Thursday.Thus far, the new FSA has been driven by the OPNAV staff and Modly said that while he has not been involved in FSA…

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