US Navy Warns of Fleet Maintenance Crisis After Record Warship Deployments to West Asia Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Caudle said the Navy faces a crisis of cumulative maintenance needs that will take years to recover from, with no shortcuts. The deployment of warships in West Asia has surpassed the longest deployment of destroyers since World War II. Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral James Kilby warned that the industrial base cannot handle the scale of repairs in a short time, and the Navy may have to postpone repairs or reduce maintenance packages, sacrificing modernization. The US Government Accountability Office also expressed concern about the state of submarines.

US Navy Warns of Fleet Maintenance Crisis After Record Warship Deployments to West Asia Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Caudle said the Navy faces a crisis of cumulative maintenance needs that will take years to recover from, with no shortcuts. The deployment of warships in West Asia has surpassed the longest deployment of destroyers since World War II. Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral James Kilby warned that the industrial base cannot handle the scale of repairs in a short time, and the Navy may have to postpone repairs or reduce maintenance packages, sacrificing modernization. The US Government Accountability Office also expressed concern about the state of submarines.