The maintenance crisis of the US Navy's fleet. The news website breaks defense. Report: Adm. Daryl Caudle said the Navy is facing a maintenance backlog crisis, and it's a multi-year recovery there's no getting around. [ ] (emoji/5888681238360757868) Referring to the long-term deployment of US warships in West Asia, this senior US military 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.

The maintenance crisis of the US Navy's fleet. The news website breaks defense. Report: Adm. Daryl Caudle said the Navy is facing a maintenance backlog crisis, and it's a multi-year recovery there's no getting around. [ ] (emoji/5888681238360757868) Referring to the long-term deployment of US warships in West Asia, this senior US military 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.