Crewing ships with an adequate number of personnel who have the right skills and experience is vital for executing missions and mitigating risks. However, says a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) “the Navy has historically assigned fewer crewmembers to ships than are required to operate them safely. Such crewing shortfalls contributed to the fatal Navy surface ship collisions in 2017.”
The GAO says that the...
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