Ships on the waterfront have challenged the assumptions that they need four or five duty sections. The same process has reduced the number of times sailors must maintain certain pieces of equipment. The path for the future is just to have the courage to challenge the assumption and to get the data to make sure the plan is keeping us where we need to be - to be the world's best fighting force afloat. Here in Norfolk, for example, the hangars at the Naval Station are below the standard that they should be at for our people to work in. We're going to build a hangar a year here if I have anything to say about this.
Talk is cheap.
People have to see that their leaders are going to do the right thing. We have to make quality of work a reality. This is one of those budget issues in which, every time there is a squeeze, this is the area that is affected. We have to get better in this area. Quality of work, Clark contends, is every bit as important as the quality of life issues that are brought up so often.