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Navy/USMC

Navy Secretary Directs Second, Independent, Surface Incident Review

Tuesday, September 5th, 2017

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Navy Secretary Directs Second, Independent, Surface Incident Review

Richard V. Spencer, former Secretary of the Navy. He resigned on November 24, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy).

Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer has formed an independent subject matter expert team to operate a Strategic Readiness Review as one of the responses to recent surface fleet collision incidents., the Navy said last Friday.This review is set to proceed concurrently with, and complementary to, the Comprehensive Review led by U.S. Fleet Forces Command. The independent review is expected to present results 30 days after the Comprehensive Review.An Aug. 24 memo detailed the responsibilities for Adm. Philip Davidson, commander…

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