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Former Navy Chiefs Assail Trump’s ‘Bump Sticker’ Fleet Plan

PHILIPPINE SEA – JUNE 18: In this handout provided by the U.S. Navy, The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) (L) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. (Photo by Specialist 3rd Class Jake Greenberg/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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Posted: November 15th, 2017

Former Secretaries of the Navy took aim at President Donald Trump’s push for a 350-ship Navy during a discussion held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Wednesday.

While they all agreed the current state of the Navy was aging and required modernization, the former Navy officials remained skeptical about the achievability of the 350-ship proposal.

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