>Is “strictly non partisan exercise” a piece of military jargon that’s different from regular English like in legal documents, or is this sketchy from the first

>Is “strictly non partisan exercise” a piece of military jargon that’s different from regular English like in legal documents, or is this sketchy from the first sentence. Having read the full linked document, I would suggest your implication that this report is a partisan-politically motivated document is far from on target. The concerns the report raises are significant, critical to national defense, and broadly seconded by most other recent writings on the health of the US Navy as an organization. If the Navy were to be called upon to defend the US or its allies in a peer level conflict today, several decades of training, maintenance, and leadership neglect make failure a likely outcome. This report is important. As General Mattis says in the report, "the United States does not have a preordained right to victory on the battlefield." If one fails to acknowledge and address issues like these in peacetime, there will not be time to do so in wartime.