CNO Franchetti Fired

In a not entirely unexpected, and very welcome move, SecDef Hegseth has fired CNO Franchetti.  During her tenure, she accomplished nothing, perpetuated the problems she inherited, and solved no existing problems (see, "CNO Franchetti - Another Failed CNO in the Making").  She had a notably undistinguished resume for the position and, I suspect, was a DEI hire.
 

Good riddance.
 
Of course, it remains to be seen who the replacement will be and whether they’ll be any better.  Still, this is a possible first step towards fixing the Navy.  Well done, SecDef.

Vice CNO Franchetti - Another Failed CNO in the Making

Vice CNO Franchetti, in her position as acting CNO, just issued her first message to the fleet.  Any incredibly faint hope I held that she might be an improvement over the recent string of inept, failed CNOs has been dashed.  Her message was a vague collection of buzzword garbage that contained only one worthwhile piece of information and that was that all previous policies would remain in effect.  Thus, she apparently sees all the problems and is content with the status quo.  Very disappointing.
 
To be fair, she’s only acting CNO pending Congressional approval so maybe she’ll change once approved but I think that’s highly unlikely.  She’s showing her colors right now.

Another Failed CNO?

The New CNO’s To-Do List

Here’s a to-do list for the new CNO, Adm. Lisa Franchetti.  I’ve broken it into two lists:  the ideal list that she ought to do but, realistically, wouldn’t even consider and the more realistic list of limited, but useful, items.
 
 
Ideal List 

• Eliminate NavSea.  They’re not performing their function and appear to be staffed by total incompetents.
• Reconstitute the General Board and BuShips.
• Terminate the Navy’s involvement with, and purchase of, the F-35 and accelerate the next generation fighter.
• Refocus the carrier role on long range air superiority instead of strike.
• Eliminate the demon-spawned concept of ‘strike-fighter’ and return to separate, optimized aircraft for each role.
• Retire the entire LCS class and eliminate that black hole of operating costs for a vessel with very little combat capability.
• Eliminate deployments, institute home-porting and missions.
• Cut 80% of Flag positions
• End the Ford class debacle (cost and performance) and return to conventional Kitty Hawk type carriers.

  
Realistic List 

• Stop issuing ship trial waivers.  All ship trial waivers must be personally approved by the CNO.  Simply stop doing that.  Make every ship meet all its trial requirements.
• Forbid the use of waivers, in general
• Stop all early retirements of ships (except the LCS!).
• Reinstitute scheduled maintenance and do not deviate from it.
• Abandon any form of reduced manning.
• Eliminate 10% of the Navy’s shore personnel jobs and transfer the people to sea billets.