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US Navy and Marine Corps Preparing for Combat in the Littoral
This is broadly consistent with the vision for future Amphibious Operations that the Center for Budgetary and Strategic Assessments (CSBA) articulated a recent Fleet Architecture Study ordered by the U.S. Senate to guide future Navy acquisitions and organization. CSBA’s report has the Navy and Marine Corps working together to ensure Navy access by eliminating adversary weapons and sensors in littoral areas through amphibious raids, establishing expeditionary bases for logistics, surveillance, and fire support, and providing direct fire against adversary surface ships. The idea, articulated more directly by CSBA, is to be able to turn islands and archipelagos into barriers against adversary power projection.
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Navy to Release Future Fleet Vision
Three Congressionally mandated “fleet architecture” studies published in February explored alternative designs compared to the make-up of today’s Navy. One study was done by the CNO’s staff, although officials say that report is not an official service position. The two other studies were completed by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and the MITRE Corp., respectively.
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CBO Releases Report on the Cost of a 355-Ship Fleet
Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses a Congressional Budget Office report on the cost of expanding the Navy’s fleet to 355 ships.
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The U.S. Navy Must Be Everywhere at Once
Two independent bipartisan commissions have called for the fleet to be increased from its roughly 270 ships to 350, a number President Trump has said he supports. The Navy’s 2016 Force Structure Assessment calls for 355 ships. These proposals weigh budget constraints; otherwise the target would be higher.
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Trump ‘Armada’ Sent to Deter Kim Can’t Shoot Down His Missiles
Those U.S. ships “would be in a good position to engage medium-range ballistic missiles going into the Sea of Japan, which is where the previous North Korean test shots have gone,” said Bryan Clark, a naval analyst with the Washington-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, who previously served as a special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. That presence off of Japan means that “when the Vinson gets there, it will not need to bring additional BMD capability,” Clark added, referring to ballistic missile defense.
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Coast Guard in Budgetary ‘No Man’s Land’
There is enough political support for the Coast Guard to prevent massive cuts along the lines of what appeared in the predecisional budget draft, said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. But that doesn’t mean the service will receive the money it was aiming for in its five-year budget plan. “You may find that they do end up with some kind of reduction because the negotiated result ends up being between the two” numbers proposed by the White House and the Coast Guard, he said. “Then the question will be: can they make the cuts in such a way that they [don’t] take it all out of procurement or modernization? … They are in a very, very vulnerable position right now having three major programs in the procurement pipeline,” he added.