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Naval Transformation: Background and Issues for Congress (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised April 10, 2007
Report Number RS20851
Report Type Report
Authors Ronald O'Rourke, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The Department of the Navy (DON) has several efforts underway to transform U.S. naval forces to prepare them for future military challenges. The Navy has organized these efforts under a conceptual framework called Sea Power 21. Key elements of naval transformation include a focus on operating in littoral waters, network-centric operations, use of unmanned vehicles, reducing personnel requirements, directly launching and supporting expeditionary operations ashore from sea bases, new kinds of naval formations, new ship-deployment approaches, and streamlined and reformed business practices. Naval transformation poses several potential issues for the 2nd session of the 109th Congress. This report will be updated as events warrant.