House Committee Sounds Alarm on Inadequate Sealift Fleet for Potential Indo-Pacific Conflict

Published on February 9, 2024

The U.S. military sealift fleet is “woefully inadequate” for a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific, according to Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Mr. Gallagher expressed concerns about the aging and underfunded U.S. sealift fleet in a Feb. 6 letter to Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, and Rear Adm. Ann Phillips, administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration. In the event of a crisis in the Indo-Pacific, he said U.S. sealift vessels must transport nearly 90 percent of Army and Marine Corps equipment to support U.S. military operations....

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