Friday, April 06, 2007

SECNAV - welcome aboard!

In my vanity, I would like to think that the SECNAV or someone in his office reads CDR Salamander - but that's OK that they don't - as long as they figure this out on their own.
Navy Secretary Donald Winter urged an overhaul of Navy shipbuilding practices Tuesday, saying the current system "is simply not meeting our expectations."
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"We have to be ready and willing to make some real significant changes," he told reporters at a later news conference.

He has been on this thread awhile - let's see how it is operationalized.

I do have one critique though - there is a bit too much pointing at industry when we a lot of the problem is inside our lifelines.