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Navy Strategic Review Calls For Better Readiness Standards, Less Bureaucratic Overlap

Thursday, December 14th, 2017

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Navy Strategic Review Calls For Better Readiness Standards, Less Bureaucratic Overlap

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

Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer’s Strategic Readiness Review focused on four major recommendation types to prevent future Naval mishaps due to longstanding issues: focusing on readiness as a priority, more realistically matching supple and demand in naval forces, streamline command and control structures for better responsibility and accountability, and foster a culture of a learning organization.Spencer picked former Defense Business Board Chairman Michael Bayer and former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead to lead the review team,…

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