Navy force-protection duties require 15k sailors.

AuthorBook, Elizabeth G.
PositionSecurity Beat - Brief Article

The Navy requires at least 15,000 sailors and officers to be dedicated solely to force-protection missions. That is the reason behind the services request for an additional $400 million in fiscal year 2003. The goal is to add about 4,000 personnel, said Vice Adm. Michael G. Mullen, deputy chief of naval operations for resources, requirements and assessments. The Navy currently has an end-strength of about 378,000. Ideally, it should be 382,000, said Mullen during a breakfast with defense reporters in Washington, D.C.

After 9/11, he said, the Navy called up about 10,000 reservists. About 3,000 were returned, because there was not enough money to keep them.

The manpower demands are not expected to go down any time soon, said Mullen. In the long term, he said, one way to...

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