WSJ - Is the Navy Prepared for War?

There are valid points, but digging into the report these aren't new. Given that this is a WSJ opinion piece written for a group of conservative Congressmen, this news article gives a more nuanced view of the report, including that a lot of the issues aren't new to the Navy or Montgomery.

https://www.military.com/daily-news...new-report-reveals-age-old-navy-problems.html

It's also interesting that the WSJ op-ed author doesn't mention the background of one of the report's authors, Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery. In addition to being retired, he was also censured for his role in the Fat Arnold bribery and kickback incident, and he also lied to investigators about his role. So one can see why in the report he was emphasizing that Navy commanders shouldn't be held so accountable for mishaps.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your...nd-former-trump-nominees-fat-leonard-censure/
 
Don't throw the baby out with its dirty diaper. I don't know him but his reputation in the SWO world is
certainly mixed. Pretty widespread scorn over the Fat Leonard stuff but he seems to have a fair number
of folks who do respect his intelligence and thoughts on this.
The USN DOES have a over-emphasis on administrative "stuff" and not enough on warfighting. Part of that is
internal but a lot of it is derivative from congressional and DoD above. Each added requirement for annual
trafficking in persons, motorcycle safety, and dozens of others must be done or else and they push tactical
type training aside.
Montgomery was clearly part of the echelon who cracked the whip on it after suffering from it throughout his career
so he should be knowledgeable about it.
 
Democracies are never fully prepared for war. Are they? Or even: “should they be?”
 
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