The Nation - News from Nov. 5, 1985
The Navy, worried about morale in the face of pilot shortages, plans to cut back operations beginning next year. The cutback was spurred by a shortage of 1,100 carrier-based tactical aviators. Pilots who have left the service have complained of the length of Navy cruises. The chief of naval operations, Adm. James Watkins, ordered the cutback to begin Jan. 1 with the goal of keeping each ship at its home port “at least 50% of the time.”
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