By Hugh Lessig
27 November 2015
The Navy faces a crisis on the near horizon with too few ships, tired sailors and emerging global threats, leaving the Pentagon with no easy choices, a new study concludes.
The main problem facing the Navy and Marine Corps is "that demand for naval forces exceeds the supply they can sustainably deliver," according to the report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) released Nov. 18.
Titled "Deploying Beyond Their Means: America's Navy and Marine Corps at a Tipping Point," the report lays out options for the Defense Department that involve either a fundamental policy shift or spending more money. Each choice has an implication for Hampton Roads, the home to the world's largest naval base in Norfolk and the headquarters of Huntington Ingalls Industries, the nation's largest military shipbuilder.
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