Keegan Hoey

Mar 19, 2024 | usni.org | Keegan Hoey

In 1982, the Royal Navy was thrust into one of the most complex naval campaigns since World War II. Following the 1981 Defence White Paper, the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) were actively divesting the assets needed to conduct expeditionary warfare operations. With the outbreak of the Falklands War less than a year later, the British had to create a logistics chain by converting commercial vessels to military uses.

Apr 30, 2023 | usni.org | Keegan Hoey |Andrea K. Orlowski

The U.S. Navy lost a flat deck. The devastating fire on board the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) in July 2020 laid bare the risk the U.S. fleet faces because of an aging and strained shipbuilding industry. Shipbuilders currently are tasked with growing the battle fleet, decreasing the maintenance backlog, and executing a significant modernization program under the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP).