Navy maintenance is a dumpster fire: The Drift, Vol. XXIV I've heard a few generations of three- and four-stars now talk about digging out of the maintenance hole, and I've seen little evidence that they're having any success. By: David B. Larter April 4
That’s a clown budget, bro: The Drift, Vol. XXIII There is a good number of people who don’t think much of this budget that just rolled out: People who think it’s a clown budget, bro. By: David B. Larter April 4
CNO Meets the Press: The Drift, Vol. XXII CNO meets the press and talks about just about everything in this week's Drift! By: David B. Larter March 22
The sealift gap is getting worse: The Drift, Vol. XXI Tonight, we are going to get into one of my favorite topics: Sealift. By: David B. Larter March 14
The Navy’s Calculating Carrier Caper: The Drift, Vol XX This week a topic arose that was put to bed in 2014 but has reared its head once again: decommissioning a carrier early as a means of saving money. By: David B. Larter March 4
Dispatch from Deutschland (Plus: RFI or Die!) The Drift: Vol. XIX Let’s kick this off with some trends I spotted on the floor at IDEX this year. By: David B. Larter February 22
Naval drones: So hot right now: The Drift, Vol. XVIII Michael Horowitz is a noted expert in drones and unmanned systems, which he dubs “uninhabited” systems. By: David B. Larter February 21
We need to talk about the Fitzgerald: The Drift Vol XVII It is difficult to say the main factors that caused the collision between Fitzgerald and the ACX Crystal are anything but clear. By: David B. Larter February 9
Double your Ford class, double your fun: The Drift, Vol. XVI The Navy decided, in a most inconsiderate way, to throw a wrench into my plans to write about dynamic force employment, 2nd Fleet and the changes to the Navy’s command-and-control structure. By: David B. Larter January 31
Surface Navy Deleted Scenes & The NeverEnding Mission: The Drift XV For this edition of The Drift, I want to circle back to some things that I haven’t written up yet from my pre-Surface Navy Association interview with Rear Adm. Boxall, who was incredibly generous with his time, and cover some ground I haven’t made publicly available yet. By: David B. Larter January 24
Hit the Slides! The Latest from the Surface Navy: The Drift XIV I’ve cued up Metallica’s shredtastic debut album Kill ‘Em All in my earbuds and take you on a quick tour of U.S. warships and programs under construction and in development. I hope that by the time The Four Horsemen get to the end of Metal Militia, I’ll have finished weaving my weekly tale here at The Drift. By: David B. Larter January 17
Oh me! What will become of Flight III DDG?: The Drift XIII Bryan Clark, the retired submariner and brilliant naval analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, has been saying for months now that there was a shift happening in the surface force toward more passive sensors, and that the DDG Flight III may not be best suited for that new model. By: David B. Larter January 10
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