tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post3811852699973014296..comments2024-03-28T07:56:09.239-07:00Comments on Navy Matters: Manpower ShortageComNavOpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-74743104922691476002014-01-16T15:29:02.247-08:002014-01-16T15:29:02.247-08:00I believe that the general idea is that in wartime...I believe that the general idea is that in wartime, it would be far quicker to "surge" manpower than it would be to construct new hulls. Older veterans can be brought back, new people trained in months, but even destroyers take two and a half years to build. Admittedly, that's in peacetime, one imagines that if we wound up in a war with, say, China, things could get expedited, but not by that much. Jrggrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185184453708433012noreply@blogger.com