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John Phelan: “The Navy is a business. Ultimately its business is warfare.”

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Navy Secretary John Phelan: Running the Navy isn't all that different from running a business

Published | Video Starts at 00:24

Good morning. You have a business background. I do. And I'm curious how you now plan to apply that background to this new role. Yeah. So I think that The Navy is a business. Ultimately its business is warfare. Right. In the defense of the country. So at the end of the day, what's the most important is how do we allocate our capital? What systems do we allocate it to? (00:24–00:29)

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Asserts that the Navy operates like a business with warfare as its primary function.

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