How to Get a Larger Fleet.

• Position: United States Navy - Abstract - Brief Article

The only way that the U.S. Navy is going to get a larger fleet is for proponents to make their case clearly and forcefully to the general public, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, told a recent forum on sea power. "We have to explain exactly what forward positioning is," Stevens said. Jerry Hultin, former undersecretary of the Navy, agreed. Once the people...