3-star: Delays growing in fixing attack submarines

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http://www.navytimes.com/article/20141022/NEWS04/310220070/3-star-Delays-growing-fixing-attack-submarines

3-star: Delays growing in fixing attack submarines
Oct. 22, 2014 - 07:29PM
By David Larter
Staff writer

The Navy’s top maintenance official warned that the service is “in a tail-chase” to get submarines and ships the overhauls they need, with some running much longer than foreseen.

Vice Adm. William Hilarides said the yards got backed up because of budget cuts and a hiring freeze that left thousands of jobs unfilled at Naval Sea Systems Command, which Hilarides leads. “We found ourselves almost 2,000 people behind out of a workforce of 30,000, on an increasing workload ... and we fell behind,” he said.

Hilarides, who spoke Wednesday at the annual Naval Submarine League symposium in Northern Virginia, said that the attack boats had seen the longest delays.
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Hilarides also discussed the impact of last year’s shootings in Building 197, NAVSEA’s headquarters, saying his staff is getting geared up to reenter the building next February.
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