Today marks my second anniversary as your Secretary of the Navy, and it continues to be an honor to serve by your side.  In that time, our Navy and Marine Corps team has made much progress advancing our three enduring priorities:  Strengthening Maritime Dominance, Building a Culture of Warfighting Excellence, and Enhancing Strategic Partnerships.  Together, we are improving readiness and modernization in order to ensure we can always fulfill our mission to be combat-ready; our future depends on the work we do today to create a more ready, modern, and capable Navy and Marine Corps team.

Visiting you at naval bases, shipyards, depots, training ranges, tarmacs, and runways world-wide, I have witnessed firsthand the progress you have made towards improving the training, readiness, and modernization of our fleet and force.  Along with your senior leaders throughout the Department, I strive to ensure you have the resources you need today and well into the future.  Thanks to your collective efforts, we have worked effectively with Congress via the President’s Budget Requests for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022-24 to increase the Department of the Navy’s top line budget by more than $47 billion, a 23% increase from FY 2021.  There is still much work to be done, and this increased investment in our fleet and force by the American people is a sacred trust that reflects the centrality of the Navy and Marine Corps to our national security strategy in this era of competition.

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SLIDESHOW | images | 220227-N-HO944-0001 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii (February 27, 2022) - Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visits Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) to discuss the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program. Left to right: Rear Adm. Dean VanderLey, Commander, NAVFAC Pacific, Mr. Ralph Okimoto-Rivera, Director Radiological Controls, PHNSY & IMF, The Honorable Mr. John P “Sean” Coffey, General Counsel, Department of the Navy, The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, Capt. Richard Jones, Commander, PHNSY & IMF, Mr. John Ornellas, Senior Executive Service and Nuclear Engineering & Planning Manager, PHNSY & IMF, and Master Chief Charles K. Parsons, Jr., Acting Command Master Chief, PHNSY & IMF. Secretary Del Toro is in Hawaii to meet with families and senior officials and to see first-hand the progress that has been made in restoring and protecting the island’s safe drinking water. (U.S. Navy photo by Dave Amodo/Released)

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SLIDESHOW | images | 220126-N-SR275-0561 MOBILE, Ala. (Jan 26, 2022) Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro is shown various ship platforms in their final stages of production and upgrades during a shipyard tour of Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., Jan. 26, 2022. Del Toro is in Mississippi and Alabama to tour shipbuilding facilities, learn more about their capabilities, and discuss ways civilian industry can help strengthen the Navy’s maritime dominance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class T. Logan Keown)

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SLIDESHOW | images | 220227-N-HO944-0002 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii (February 27, 2022)- Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro looks at the proposed Dry Dock 5 site at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. The Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program will support future Virginia-class submarine maintenance and optimize work across the shipyard. Secretary Del Toro is in Hawaii to meet with families and senior officials and to see first-hand the progress that has been made in restoring and protecting the island’s safe drinking water. (U.S. Navy photo by Dave Amodo/Released)

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SLIDESHOW | images | 220126-N-SR275-0484 MOBILE, Ala. (Jan. 26, 2022) Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro walks the assembly line during a shipyard tour of Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., Jan. 26, 2022. Del Toro is in Mississippi and Alabama to tour shipbuilding facilities, learn more about their capabilities, and discuss ways civilian industry can help strengthen the Navy’s maritime dominance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class T. Logan Keown)

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SLIDESHOW | images | 220126-N-SR275-0241 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (Jan. 26, 2022) Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro participates in a media interview during a shipyard tour at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., Jan. 26, 2022. Del Toro is in Mississippi and Alabama to tour shipbuilding facilities, learn more about their capabilities, and discuss ways civilian industry can help strengthen the Navy’s maritime dominance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class T. Logan Keown)