The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is seen in Dry Dock 6 after dewatering at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., March 5, 2018

Sailors Shouldn’t Be in Shipyards

One thing is certain: The ship’s professional capabilities and capacities are in rapid and serious decline during shipyard availabilities.

June 2019
The medium displacement unmanned surface vehicle (MDUSV) prototype Sea Hunter pulls into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 31, 2018

Surface Drones Will Be Key to DMO

The Navy’s long-range shipbuilding plan calls for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to make up a larger portion of its sea control force.

Captain Kevin Eyer, U.S. Navy (Retired)
May 2019
USS San Diego (LPD-22) leading the America Amphibious Ready Group off the coast of Southern California.

Up-Gun the Amphibs

Distributed lethality may be the only viable path to achieving sea control against a peer competitor in some areas of the world ocean.

Captain Kevin Eyer, U.S. Navy (Retired)
April 2019