My guess is that - like all competent people - the US Navy staff is fighting a constant battle against short-term managerialism. Occasionally stuff will slip th

My guess is that - like all competent people - the US Navy staff is fighting a constant battle against short-term managerialism. Occasionally stuff will slip through because of time and financial pressures. I can practically imagine the conversation: "We need this contract to be signed and rolled out next month" "But our decision process alone takes a month!" "Decision takes a month?! How hard can it be? What do we need to do to expedite this?" "Well, I guess we can outlay some of the review work to the interns"