US Navy Fleet Maintenance Crisis Breaking Defense News Site Report: Admiral Daryl Caudle said the Navy is facing a backlog of repair needs, and it's a multi-year recovery there's no way around it. 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, vice president of US naval operations, also warned that the industrial base cannot respond to this amount of repairs in a short period of time and will have to delay repairs or minimize the repair package and sacrifice overhaul.

US Navy Fleet Maintenance Crisis Breaking Defense News Site Report: Admiral Daryl Caudle said the Navy is facing a backlog of repair needs, and it's a multi-year recovery there's no way around it. 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, vice president of US naval operations, also warned that the industrial base cannot respond to this amount of repairs in a short period of time and will have to delay repairs or minimize the repair package and sacrifice overhaul.