The Navy’s manning shortages are curbing the service’s ability to repair its ships while at sea, according to a watchdog report released Monday. Sixty-three percent of executive officers — a ship’s ...

The Navy faces several interrelated personnel and training challenges that inhibit sailors’ ability to complete required ship maintenance. GAO found that the Navy does not fill all required ship ...

The Navy has experienced chronic delays and labor overruns in maintenance on its large conventional ships (that is, ships that are not nuclear-powered). Those delays can affect deployment schedules ...

Nearly half of the amphibious warfare ships Marines need to deploy often are unavailable due to maintenance, according to a government watchdog. How the Navy currently manages those repairs means ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Projections by Navy leaders that the U.S. could be at war with the Chinese by 2027 is driving the sea service to revamp how it repairs and upgrades ships and train crews so more of ...

A new watchdog report warns that at-sea manning shortages and other issues are hindering a Navy ship crew's ability to do basic maintenance and repairs at sea. (Navy) The Navy’s manning shortages are ...