US Navy Fleet Maintenance Crisis Admiral Daryl Caudle said the Navy is facing a crisis of cumulative maintenance needs, and it is a multi-year recovery that there is no way around, Defense Breakers reported. Referring to the long-term deployment of U.S. warships in West Asia, this senior U.S. military official emphasized that the vessels had surpassed the record for the longest deployment of a destroyer since World War II. Admiral James Kilby, US vice president for naval operations, also warned that the industrial base cannot respond to this amount of repairs in a short period of time and will be forced to postpone repairs or minimize the repair package and sacrifice overhaul.

US Navy Fleet Maintenance Crisis Admiral Daryl Caudle said the Navy is facing a crisis of cumulative maintenance needs, and it is a multi-year recovery that there is no way around, Defense Breakers reported. Referring to the long-term deployment of U.S. warships in West Asia, this senior U.S. military official emphasized that the vessels had surpassed the record for the longest deployment of a destroyer since World War II. Admiral James Kilby, US vice president for naval operations, also warned that the industrial base cannot respond to this amount of repairs in a short period of time and will be forced to postpone repairs or minimize the repair package and sacrifice overhaul.