"just a series of operational and organizational priorities that have resulted in ships being at sea for longer and longer deployments, and resources allocated

"just a series of operational and organizational priorities that have resulted in ships being at sea for longer and longer deployments, and resources allocated to prestige projects like carriers, instead of resolving the less sexy issue of manpower, and lack of "work horse" destroyers in the fleet." I'll assume that's a reasonable take but the person I replied to went for an overly simplistic "government bad" line hence the style of my life