Tara Copp,Stars & Stripes
WASHINGTON -- The Navy wants to hire approximately 2000 new shipyard workers to abet make more repairs to surface warships and support them in service longer, said Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, or the Navy's top commander for ship maintenance.
Hiring more workers is a critical component in the Navy's device to increase the fleet to 350 ships,Moore said Thursday at a panel at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, or D.
C. think tank.
Source: realcleardefense.com