Amos: "Changes to the Navy and Marine Corps Force Structure Were Certain"

Carlo Munoz appears to have missed something. This is the how this AOL Defense article ends.

When asked if more amphibious ships could compensate for a potential cut to the carrier fleet, Amos said changes to the Navy and Marine Corps force structure were certain, but it was too early in the process to talk details.

Same old song.

What same old song is he talking about? When did General Amos admitting with certainty that the Navy and Marine Corps force structure would change become an old song? Seems to me, that paragraph is the story - and the last sentence doesn't belong.

In Admiral Greenert's confirmation yesterday, there were no statements that suggested a force structure change, only that the budget situation could force one. I tend to believe Amos, that we are already at the point of change, but if that is true it is disappointing that Admiral Greenert didn't take the moment that included absolute certainty of his confirmation and use the hearings to describe in detail to the Senate what the future of the Navy looks like under certain scenarios.

"Worried about the industrial base" isn't good enough if the Navy wants to discuss aircraft carriers, admitting the Navy will lose the ability to build these big deck carriers forever is important.

The Navy needs to be more like the Marines, and tell folks how it is without all the cryptic language that just adds more uncertainty and zero clarity.