Preserving the Navy’s Forward Presence With a Smaller Fleet

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The Navy can sustain its forward presence under smaller shipbuilding budgets by using longer deployments, more overseas basing, and more rotating crews. But those methods would offset some of the savings and have other disadvantages.

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Corrections and Updates

Correction: On March 17, 2015, CBO reposted this report; the updated version includes corrections to Table 3.