Episode 313: Fleet Architecture and Strategic Efficiency with Barney Rubel

How do you balance cost, risk, peacetime habits and wartime requirements in designing and using the world's largest Navy?How do we maximize the most the utility of our platforms now, and create a future fleet best suited for what is coming up?Our guest for the full hour to discuss will be Barney Rubel, CAPT, USN (Ret.).Robert C. “Barney” Rubel is a retired naval officer. From 2006 to 2014, he was Dean of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the US Naval War College. Prior to assuming this position, he was Chairman of the Wargaming Department. A thirty-year Navy veteran, he received his commission through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Illinois. He subsequently became a light attack naval aviator, flying the A-7 Corsair II and later the F/A-18 Hornet. He commanded Strike Fighter Squadron 131 and also served as the Inspector General at U.S. Southern Command.