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Navy Wants Sailors to Do Less Supplemental Work on USS Harry S. Truman Overhaul

The Navy is turning to commercial contractors for more duties during the upcoming refueling and complex overhaul of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in order to free up more time for sailors, USNI News has learned. Previously, sailors assigned to a ship in RCOH would be assigned supplementary, non-rate

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The Navy is turning to commercial contractors for more duties during the upcoming refueling and complex overhaul of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in order to free up more time for sailors, USNI News has learned. Previously, sailors assigned to a ship in RCOH would be assigned supplementary, non-rate specific duties, such as painting, insulating or transportation services. Now, those duties will be given to contractors, and sailors will be able to use the time for training and operational readiness, reads a Navy release given to USNI News. Sailors will still perform rate-specific duties and, if necessary, could perform non-rate

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