The Coming Crisis in Naval Aviation

摘要

Five years of combat have taken an awful toll on the equipment of U.S. naval forces. Marine Corps vehicles and battle tanks are being ground to dust, new types of weapons and small craft are needed, and equipment for the Navy Seabees must be replaced quickly. The cost of re-equipping, or "resetting," the Marine Corps is about $12 billion, some of which is being provided in the annual supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq. The Navy will require at least $7 billion.