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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.08,0:00:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US Navy is plagued with delays and failed \Nprojects.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.29,0:00:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While China, now boasts the largest navy in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.23,0:00:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can Trump turn things \Naround and make US naval power great again?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.56,0:00:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to America Uncovered. I’m Chris Chappell.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.68,0:00:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve been warning for years that the US Navy is \Nin serious dire straits.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.88,0:00:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s like watching a ship slowly sink ,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.92,0:00:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except since this is the \NNavy, it’s not {\i1}like{\i0} that, it {\i1}is{\i0} that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.92,0:00:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It needs to get its act together,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.36,0:00:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially with China beefing up its navy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.79,0:00:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to a leaked 2023 US Navy analysis,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.12,0:00:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“China’s Shipbuilding Capacity is 232 Times \NGreater Than That of the United States”.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.76,0:00:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, China can make a whole lot more \Nships than America.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.72,0:00:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I know what you might be thinking, sure,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.27,0:00:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what about the quality?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.71,0:00:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well \Nfirst of all, quantity is its own type of quality,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.40,0:00:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as you’ll see in a bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.89,0:01:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the US \Nquality isn’t so hot anymore either.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.36,0:01:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, China has 370 ships,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.20,0:01:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the US only has 296.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.87,0:01:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And \Nthat number is actually shrinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.00,0:01:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But China is growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.77,0:01:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 5 \Nyears China will have 425 ships,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.96,0:01:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely dwarfing the number of US ships.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.16,0:01:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The scope of this problem has just been revealed \Nthanks to this new report
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.85,0:01:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Government Accountability Office.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.59,0:01:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“U.S. Navy Shipbuilding \NIs Consistently Over Budget and Delayed”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.04,0:01:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh. That doesn’t sound very good.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.11,0:01:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially \Nwith a war with China looming on the horizon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.08,0:01:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The report says, “Despite nearly \Ndoubling its shipbuilding budget
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.16,0:01:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the last 2 decades, the U.S. Navy \Nhasn’t increased its number of ships.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.16,0:01:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spending more money for less?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.48,0:01:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who’s running the Navy? California?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.32,0:01:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a few reasons this has happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.16,0:02:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one, some shipyards don’t have enough room \Nto do what the Navy wants in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.01,0:02:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some also have just really, really old infrastructure
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.68,0:02:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can delay construction and repair.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.04,0:02:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s like asking someone to bake you \Nthe world’s largest black forest cake,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.92,0:02:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they only have an easy bake oven… from 1963 .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.04,0:02:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s also the fact that shipbuilders \Njust don’t have enough workers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.15,0:02:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet the Navy’s demands
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.59,0:02:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. It’s surprisingly not \Na lucrative job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.17,0:02:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even with the workers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.08,0:02:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already in the industry, a majority of \Nthem just don’t have enough experience
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.48,0:02:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it takes more time and money to \Njust maintain what the US already has,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.32,0:02:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone building more ships to counter China.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.68,0:02:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, as it turns out, building ships is \Nhard.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.80,0:02:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when they’re not in a bottle .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.64,0:02:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So despite billions of dollars of investment \Ninto getting the US to crank out more ships,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.60,0:02:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there’s still not enough shipyards or workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.40,0:02:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s because, according to the new report,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.72,0:02:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the US Navy and the Office of the Secretary \Nof Defense
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.52,0:03:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren’t “fully coordinating their shipbuilding investments
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.04,0:03:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prevent \Nduplication or overlap in spending”.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.36,0:03:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communication problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.34,0:03:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t know if they \Nneed budget management or couples counseling.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.32,0:03:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another problem is that the Navy hasn’t even set goals
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.91,0:03:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or measurable targets for \Nwhat to do with all that money.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.32,0:03:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, this poor communication \Nis considered a feature, not a bug.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.28,0:03:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A very expensive, naive bug \Nwith poor communication skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.92,0:03:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Navy leadership discourages using quality \Ncontrol tools such as monetary penalties
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.00,0:03:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if contractors submit late \Nand/or poor-quality work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.16,0:03:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words if they screw up, they still \Nget the money.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.90,0:03:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wouldn’t handle your money like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.38,0:03:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the government, \Nwill handle your money like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.44,0:03:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Navy has also actually reduced \Ninspections by almost 50 percent,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.97,0:03:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all for the sake of maintaining “strong \Nworking relations” with contractors.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.28,0:04:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’d be like hiring a guy to redo \Nyour bathroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.16,0:04:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he reworks the plumbing to make the contents of your septic tank
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.06,0:04:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shoot out of your shower head, you say,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.56,0:04:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Great job!” because you want to make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.04,0:04:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he \Nwants to work with you on other future projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.72,0:04:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make matters worse, the Navy doesn’t even \Nhave a strategy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.73,0:04:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for managing the US’s ship industrial base—
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.12,0:04:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s the system \Nof shipyards, suppliers, workers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.76,0:04:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and infrastructure that supports \Nbuilding and maintaining ships.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.84,0:04:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Navy’s theme song should be changed \Nfrom “In the Navy” to “Living on a Prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.96,0:04:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Navy is sending so many \Nmixed messages to shipyards,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.92,0:04:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have no idea what to expect \Nfrom one year to the next.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.76,0:04:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“The Navy's plans for building and \Nrepairing ships vary from year to year.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.48,0:04:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that’s like asking someone to bake you \Nthe world’s largest black forest cake,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.04,0:04:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they only have an easy bake oven… from \N1963 .
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.88,0:04:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then halfway through you say,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.84,0:04:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Nevermind. I actually want a beef wellington.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.20,0:04:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Priorities are screwed up as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.80,0:05:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the very expensive, new USS Gerald Ford.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.72,0:05:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“the Navy ditched battle-tested features \Nfound on previous carriers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.19,0:05:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead went with more expensive technology
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.05,0:05:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that \Nhasn’t always worked out as expected.”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.72,0:05:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah that’s a good way to spend \Nmore money and not have more ships.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.36,0:05:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably one of the worst \Nexamples in recent history of Navy mismanagement
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.17,0:05:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was only \Npublicly reported last December.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.16,0:05:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Navy wanted to modernize 7 guided-missile \Ncruisers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.68,0:05:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,.Upgrade them so they could get a few
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.76,0:05:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more years of service out of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.14,0:05:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5 years. Okay. Fine. Makes sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.64,0:05:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only 3 were completed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.16,0:05:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And none of them will \Nget the full 5 extra years of service life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.36,0:05:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Navy wasted $1.8 billion dollars on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.72,0:05:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was such a brutal blow to the \NUS I’m surprised the remnants of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.48,0:05:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ISIS didn’t try to claim responsibility for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.60,0:05:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clearly, something needs fixing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.09,0:05:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But apparently \Nthe Navy isn’t taking those recommendations seriously
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.55,0:05:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. Because to them, if it ain’t broke…
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.54,0:06:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually it is broke, but still don’t fix it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.16,0:06:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In another recent report, the Government \NAccountability Office said it had made
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.76,0:06:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,90 recommendations to the Navy since \N2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.22,0:06:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Navy agreed with many of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.56,0:06:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but “has only fully or partially addressed \N30,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.84,0:06:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 60 recommendations unaddressed.”
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.80,0:06:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an immediate problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.12,0:06:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some experts think China will try to invade \NTaiwan in 2027.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.24,0:06:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s 2 years from now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.12,0:06:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the US Navy capable of fighting a war like \Nthat?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.06,0:06:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are we S.O.L.: ship out of luck.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.16,0:06:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the Trump Administration is trying to \Ndo something.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.37,0:06:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it’s very late in the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.88,0:06:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China builds more than half the \Nworld’s ships.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.43,0:06:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that’s about to get very expensive for China
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.83,0:06:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and any \Ncompany or country that uses them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.08,0:06:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trump wants to charge Chinese ships \N$1million dollars for every port call.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.00,0:06:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most ships make around 3 \Nport calls per voyage to the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.16,0:07:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trump also announced the creation of a new \NOffice of Shipbuilding in the White House.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.72,0:07:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And put out an executive order called \NRestoring America’s Maritime Dominance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.08,0:07:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Various government agencies will work together \Nwith the White House to create a “Maritime Action Plan
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.82,0:07:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,.” It’s about countering China and building \Nback up America’s Maritime Industrial Base.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.08,0:07:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It calls for a ton of reviews on shipbuilding \Nprograms,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.96,0:07:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,procurement rules, regulations,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.60,0:07:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the US maritime workforce,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.63,0:07:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well \Nas new funding mechanisms and financial incentives
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.65,0:07:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to promote investments into US \Nshipyards and subcomponent supply chains.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.28,0:07:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So essentially, all the things that would have
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.52,0:07:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been common sense to do years \Nago.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.38,0:07:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revolutionary, I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.68,0:07:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s also a bunch of red tape getting cut.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.00,0:07:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even DOGE is getting in on the \Naction.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.80,0:07:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’ll do their own review of the DoD
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.37,0:07:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Homeland Security \Nvessel procurement processes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.48,0:07:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as always, Trump is putting \Nan emphasis on education.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.56,0:07:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants to modernize the US Merchant Marine \NAcademy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.56,0:08:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These guys are critical to sea-based commerce during peace
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.49,0:08:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the transportation \Nof cargo and personnel by sea during war.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.68,0:08:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very important job.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.36,0:08:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the number of them has declined
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.09,0:08:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from roughly \N50,000 in 1960 to less than 10,000 today.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.16,0:08:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven’t seen a decline that sharp in the \Nsame timeframe
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.44,0:08:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of Bill Cosby’s fanbase.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.84,0:08:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a priority for Trump even \Nback during his first term in office.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.68,0:08:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trump also wants to offer scholarships \Nto maritime experts
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.48,0:08:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from allied countries
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.92,0:08:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to teach at US institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.68,0:08:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably Japan and South Korea.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.16,0:08:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Navy Secretary John Phelan has been \Nbusy visiting a lot of shipyards
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.00,0:08:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and building relationships with \Npartners to aid in shipbuilding.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.68,0:08:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He made his first international trip to Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.32,0:08:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then to South Korea,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.68,0:08:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two powerful shipbuilding allies .
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.72,0:08:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that \Nthe US wants closer collaboration with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.72,0:08:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s still early in Trump's second term so \NI’m sure there will be more developments
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.40,0:08:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the clock is ticking.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.49,0:08:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we don’t want to be SOL.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.19,0:08:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what do you think?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.20,0:09:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leave your \Nexpertly crafted analysis in the comments below.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.28,0:09:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again, I’m Chris Chappell. Thank \Nyou for watching America Uncovered.