{"id":37727,"date":"2019-02-14T00:29:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T00:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/14\/as-navy-pledges-surface-reforms-some-ask-for-proof-of-improvement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:37:03","slug":"as-navy-pledges-surface-reforms-some-ask-for-proof-of-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/14\/as-navy-pledges-surface-reforms-some-ask-for-proof-of-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"As Navy pledges surface reforms, some ask for proof of improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SAN DIEGO \u2014 Navy leaders again pledged Wednesday that reforms in the surface fleet are taking hold, but that data proving this improvement will take years to play out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remarks by senior officials here at the U.S. Naval Institute\u2019s West 2019<\/a> conference follow a testy Senate hearing this week in which Maine Sen. Angus King questioned the Navy\u2019s lack of hard data on these improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would like to see specific data on where we stand with issues like certification of sailors and personnel on the ships, maintenance status of the ships, training rules, staffing levels, and I want real numbers,\u201d King told U.S. Indo-Pacific Command head Adm. Phil Davidson<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t want general \u2018We\u2019re working on staffing,\u2019 or ‘We\u2019re working on more training.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davidson told King<\/a> that while there were two fatal ship collisions that killed 17 sailors in 2017, \u201c280-odd other ships weren\u2019t having collisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a conference panel Wednesday, Rear Adm. Ronald Boxall<\/a>, director of surface warfare, said the Navy has been \u201cvery, very open\u201d regarding its reform efforts, but that some data showing progress will take years to manifest.<\/p>\n\n\n\t