‘Fragility’ of Military Sealift Command Could Hold Navy Back from World Class Status, CNO Caudle Says

U.S. Military Sealift Command’s “fragility” could hold the Navy back from maintaining its world class status, according to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle. “I talked about [how] the fleet is the most decisive instrument of naval power. What fuels that thing? It is all MSC, and it is such an oversubscribed force right now. They were having to just do Herculean things. We talk about the carriers and the DDGs, kind of in that order because that’s just kind of where the population centers are. Whoever brings up the fact that those MSC ships are right there alongside