Surface Force Commander Discusses State of the Force > United States Navy > News-Stories
Moving forward, Kitchener’s four goals are to improve readiness of surface force ships, continue improving professional development, ensure warfighting capability and lethality, and develop and maintain the toughness of surface warriors. “We remain challenged with the number of missions and requirements that we have and the number of ships we apply those to,” said Kitchener. To address this readiness challenge, Kitchener said his goal is to make more ships ready for tasking by finishing maintenance availabilities on time and focusing on Sailor self-sufficiency to increase a ship...
Source: navy.mil