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Navy League’s Anchors Aweigh Fly In

Navy League’s Anchors Aweigh Fly In. XXX Region. November 16, 2017. The Navy League of the United States About Us America: A Maritime Nation Legislative Priorities for the Sea Services. About Us. Civilian organization founded in 1902 with the support of President Theodore Roosevelt

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Navy League’s Anchors Aweigh Fly In

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  1. Navy League’s Anchors Aweigh Fly In XXX Region November 16, 2017

  2. The Navy League of the United States • About Us • America: A Maritime Nation • Legislative Priorities for the Sea Services

  3. About Us • Civilian organization founded in 1902 with the support of President Theodore Roosevelt • 224 Local Councils • 53,000 members worldwide • Our Mission: Support and advocate for the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and U.S.-Flag Merchant Marine • About our council

  4. America is a Maritime Nation • Our nation’s first line of defense is far from our shores, thanks to the forward presence of our sea services. • Keeping the seas safe for global commerce ensures global economic stability. 99% of overseas trade by tonnage is transported by sea. • Our Fleet is imperative to ensure capabilities for: • Conflict Deterrence • Forward Presence • Maritime Security • Protection of International Sea Lanes • Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response • “Coming from the sea, we can get there sooner, stay there longer, bring everything we need with us, and we don’t have to ask anyone’s permission.” • -- A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, & U.S. Coast Guard

  5. U.S. Navy Priorities The U.S. Navy is overextended and under funded. The high rate of deployments over the last decade has resulted in deferred maintenance, reduced readiness, and overworked crews. Recent analysis by the Navy shows a need for a 355-ship fleet.

  6. The Navy League recommends: • Support and fund a 355-ship Navy by investing at least $26B/year in the Navy’s shipbuilding account. • Fund the ballistic missile nuclear Columbia-class submarine (SSBN). This is the most survivable leg of our nuclear triad and must be prioritized without impacting the remainder of the fleet. • Maintain high readiness by properly funding maintenance, operations, and training. • Provide and maintain the right mix of weapons and aircraft for the fleet. • Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty to ensure American claims on the Arctic and the seabed.

  7. U.S. Marine Corps Priorities The combined arms operations and expeditionary capabilities of the Marine Corps makes the service the “911” force that can be deployed from virtually anywhere at any time. Demands are high though the size of the force has shrunk by 17,100 over the past 5 years and budgetary pressure prevents maintenance and equipment updates and negatively impacts operational readiness.

  8. The Navy League recommends: • An active force of 194,000 Marines to improve the deployment-to-dwell ratio, as recommended in the USMC Force Structure Review. • Increased aviation training hours and added investment in aircraft, spares, and readiness. USMC has seen “ a decrease in flight hours per month per aircrew and an uptick in mishap rates.” • 38 amphibious ships in the fleet as part of the expansion to a 355-ship fleet.

  9. U.S. Coast Guard Priorities The Coast Guard plays a critical role in protecting our nation’s waterways, ports, and citizens from emerging threats.Congress has been the biggest champion of the Coast Guard, and for that, we thank you.

  10. The Navy League recommends: • Fund the AC&I Budget at $2B/year to fully fund the Offshore Patrol Cutter and other recapitalization efforts like the inland waterways fleet. • Increase Operations funds by 5% a year to improve readiness and retention. • Deliver at least six new Fast Response Cutters a year. • $750M in FY18 funding for the first new heavy polar icebreaker. • Aviation and C4ISR improvements, including polar aviation. • Recapitalize Shore Infrastructure: $1.6B of improvement backlog is funded at about $3M a year.

  11. Our military depends on the U.S.-flag fleet and crews to help carry defense material during times of war and national emergency. We are at a tipping point and must make investments to preserve and grow the U.S.-flag fleet and the mariners that crew them. U.S.-flag Merchant Marine Priorities

  12. The Navy League recommends: • Enforce Cargo Preference Laws that generate cargoes to ensure a strong U.S.-flag Merchant Marine Fleet, including cargoes from Export-Import Bank and Food Aid. • Protect the Jones Act which provides the most ocean-going U.S.-flag ships and maintains our domestic commercial shipbuilding industrial base. • Fund the Maritime Security Program at the Congressionally-authorized $5 million/ship to ensure these 60 ships and their crews are ready to respond during a national security crisis. • Fund the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel at $36M to ensure the next generation of Mariners are trained and ready to support our nation.

  13. Repeal the Budget Control Act! • Strategy should drive the budget. • The world is too dangerous for the U.S. to limit its options and destroy its industrial base. • Even non-defense discretionary spending affects our national security: Coast Guard funding comes from these accounts. • The BCA was written before global instability escalated and must be repealed so the military is ready to respond to the next crisis. • If Congress doesn’t act soon, current appropriations bills will trigger an automatic cut of ALL federal spending—everything cut the same amount, regardless of importance to national security! END SEQUESTRATION NOW!

  14. The sea services need budget stability. • Budget stability allows them to plan budgets, find cost savings, and avoid costly overruns. • We must return to regular order, pass appropriations bills, and stop Continuing Resolutions (CRs) and avoid shutdowns. • CRs hurt the Sea Services: • Blocks new program starts • Does not allow the services to transfer funds • Cannot alter procurement numbers • Upsets planned budgets • Interrupts savings that come from multi-year procurement contracts

  15. The Navy League asks you to: • Support budget stability and reject all sequestration-level caps. • Increase Navy’s top line to fully fund its 355-ship goal and other priorities. • Recapitalize aging Marine Corps aircraft. • Raise the Coast Guard’s Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements budget to $2B/year, and fund operations at 5% per year growth. • Enforce and protect cargo preference laws, the Jones Act,, the Maritime Security program, and training ships. • Invest in readiness and training for all sea services.

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