Sydney Freedberg,Br. Defense
PENTAGON: Navy Secretary Richard Spencer wants to change the law that's governed the armed forces since 1986, the Goldwater-Nichols Act, and to restore more autonomy to the services. Only by letting the Navy say no to joint combatant commanders' insatiable (not capable of being fully satisfied) demands for deployments can the fleet rep adequate training,ship maintenance, and crew rest, or argues the Strategic Readiness Review just released today which Spencer commissioned after at-sea accidents killed 17 sailors and crippled two ships this summer. Only by exempting officers from mandatory joint assignments can they free up...
Source: realcleardefense.com