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John Phelan: “Why can't we get ships out? I went to Rota and those guys…”

Featuring: John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy | National

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Morning Keynote: The Honorary John Phelan

Published | Video Starts at 1:00:59

And I think the office is afraid to let me go into new things. So, like my. My newest one, which I'm getting ready to go into, is ship maintenance. Why are we so far behind? Why can't we get ships out? I went to Rota and those guys crank it out. and I'm like, why aren't we doing this across the fleet? Well, we're not sure it worked. What we're doing doesn't work. This Seems to be working. Why aren't we trying this? (1:00:59–1:01:05)

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Asserts that ship maintenance is more efficient in Rota compared to other locations.

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