Mark Whitney

PACIFIC OCEAN (June 29, 2013) Engineman 2nd Class Jeffrey Le, left, and Fireman Elizabeth Lafferty conduct maintenance aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). Pearl Harbor, underway for Pacific Partnership 2013, is en route to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Navy wants to change training to make maintainers more self sufficient

The Navy wants sailors to phone home less when it comes to fixing ships, and instead be more self-sufficient.

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(U.S. Navy photo)

Navy gets savvy with contracting rules to avoid maintenance problems due to CR

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