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U.S. Fleet Forces’ New Deployment Schedules Will Create More Readiness for Less Money

U.S. Fleet Forces’ New Deployment Schedules Will Create More Readiness for Less Money
WASHINGTON DC - (January 15, 2014) Adm. Bill Gortney, commander U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) leads a discussion about the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (O-FRP) at the 26th annual Surface Navy Association Symposium (SNA) in Washington DC, Jan 15. USFF and Pacific Fleet have worked together to develop O-FRP in to a full realignment of the Fleet's maintenance, training and deployment cycles in to a stadard 36-month rotation. O-FRP will be integrated into the fleet beginning with the TRUMAN Carrier Strike Group in November 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Capt. Jane Campbell/Released)

With a bit of fiscal certainty in place, the Navy’s Fleet Forces Command is moving forward with its plan to implement the Optimized Fleet Response Plan by November as a way of bringing predictability and cost-savings to manning, maintenance and deployment cycles. U.S. Fleet Forces Commander Adm. Bill Gortney unveiled his plan on Jan. 15 at the Surface Navy Association’s annual convention. He told reporters in a phone conference Jan. 23 that even though money is still tight, there finally…

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