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As Navy Plans Wartime Surge Options, Worries About Limited Repair Capabilities

As Navy Plans Wartime Surge Options, Worries About Limited Repair Capabilities
The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) prepares to depart Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding division’s Pascagoula shipyard on June 13 to return to its homeport in San Diego after over two years of repairs. (Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The Navy is both looking at plans to get wartime surge capability for protracted conflicts but at the same time is worried about limited repair capabilities. Program Executive Officer for ships Rear Adm. Tom Anderson said Navy acquisition chief James Geurts put a group together two years ago to have a discussion about wartime planning involving industrial base capabilities. “How prepared are we to go to the fight and what would we do and how do we get better prepared?…

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