CNO, Commandant Call For Balance, Tight Integration As Fleet Grows To 355 Ships
(https://news.usni.org/2017/02/23/cno-commandant-call-for-balance-tight-integration-as-fleet-grows-to-355-ships?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=99575eb516-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-99575eb516-230457009&mc_cid=99575eb516&mc_eid=efbc4f3ac7

Well, obviously the Navy needs to plan for contingencies, but since there is no actual plan for funding a 355-ship force, I wouldn’t spend a lot of time worrying about it. The most significant phrase in the article is, “if given the resources to grow.” Maybe we can get Mexico to pay for it.

February 23, 2017