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Acting SECNAV Harker’s First Message to the Fleet

20 January 2021

The following is the text from the Jan. 20, 2021 message from Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker sent to the Department of the Navy.

To all of our Sailors, Marines, Civilians, and Military Families,

I am honored to return to the Department of the Navy Team as your Acting Secretary.

From my years on active duty in the Coast Guard and as a Career Civilian at several federal agencies, I am keenly aware of the sacrifices all of you make, and the dedication you show, every day in service to...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/20/acting-secnav-harkers-first-message-to-the-fleet

Department of Navy Comptroller Harker to Serve as Acting SECNAV

14 January 2021

Thomas Harker, who for the last few years has served as the Department of the Navy’s chief civilian financial official, will assume the role of acting Navy secretary once President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in, a Navy official confirmed to USNI News.

Since 2018, Harker had served as the assistant secretary of the Navy for financial management and comptroller.

On July 2, 2020, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman announced that Harker would serve as the acting undersecretary of defense and...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/14/department-of-navy-comptroller-harker-to-serve-as-acting-secnav

Overhauled Navy Audit Ties Financial Health to Lethality Push

18 November 2019

THE PENTAGON – The Navy completed its second full-scope audit amid an effort to reform its business practices to support the National Defense Strategy and great power competition.

In this second-ever full audit, the Navy had more than double the number of discrepancies as last year – more than a thousand notices of finding and recommendation (NFRs) compared to about 500 last year – but Thomas Harker, the assistant secretary of the Navy for financial management and comptroller, told reporters...

https://news.usni.org/2019/11/18/overhauled-navy-audit-ties-financial-health-to-lethality-push

Continuing Resolution Forcing Navy to Delay Ship Maintenance, Curtail Training

15 November 2019

USS Detroit (LCS-7) receives regularly scheduled maintenance and upkeep during a scheduled dry-dock maintenance availability phase at BAE Systems shipyard in Jacksonville, Fla., March 29, 2019. US Navy Photo

THE PENTAGON – The Navy is already making hard decisions – curtailing training for air wings not imminently deploying, canceling planned ship maintenance availabilities – as the specter of a full-year continuing resolution looms.

Under continuing resolutions, the Navy is limited to the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/11/15/continuing-resolution-forcing-navy-to-delay-ship-maintenance-curtail-training