John T. Bennett, Gates: U.S. must rethink expensive ships, EFV. Marine Corps
Times, May 3, 2010 (1 hour ago). http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/05/defense_gates_050310/
(Robert Gates questions "whether the United States will need 11 carrier
strike groups when no other nation has more than one")
Note:
(a) Navy League of the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_League
(a national association made up of former members of the United States Navy,
United States Marine