New evidence of dismal readiness among Navy’s Japan-based ships

"The Navy’s current 277-ship fleet is down from the 333 ships the Navy had in 1998, but the number of ships deployed overseas has consistently remained at about 100 vessels, meaning individual ships are deployed more to maintain the same level of presence." This is exactly what I have been saying either we build more ships and triple the force level to add training and support billets ashore or we cut down on missions. CDR (Join to see) LT Brad McInnis PO1 Tony Holland PO1 Jay Lefever

I think if one looks, one will find similar issues throughout the fleet. Japan ships have a higher optempo and maintenance is more difficult, but all ships in the fleet are struggling right now...

That is sad news PO1 Tony Holland that there is "dismal readiness" on the U.S. Navy's Japan-based naval vessels. Hopefully, this can be turned around in the short term.