The Navy's essential contributions to American security and regional stability and peace - forward presence, deterrence, sea and area control, and power projection — will not change. But the value of the Navy to the nation can be increased dramatically by providing the best hardware — ships, aircraft, weapons, and systems — and the finest, most highly skilled, and dedicated people to do what must be done: to ensure that the Navy of today and the next century can safeguard vital American interests and to protect our citizens and friends in what looks to be a most unfriendly world.
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