On average, U.S. home-ported carriers deployed for 232 days from 2014 to 2017, nearly 20 days longer than the Navy’s prescribed 7-month deployment per ship implemented after massive deployment ...

R ecently, the Navy published a list of ships that it wishes to decommission or otherwise shift from active service in fiscal year 2023. The list’s fate now rests with Congress, which must ...

(Bill Mesta/Navy). All told, according to commission member Lawrence Romo, the list topped out at 1,100 items, from posts and ships to monuments, building names and streets.

Beyond ships, the Navy plans to speed up the retirement of its classic F/A-18 Hornets, retiring the last 55 aircraft in fiscal 2022 rather than 2024 as initially expected.