Reflecting on his five years as chief of naval operations, Adm. Vern Clark highlighted his drive to transform the Navy from a force structure designed for rotation to one responsive to "the real enemy that we have." He told an audience at the Navy League's 2005 Sea-Air-Space Exposition (SAS) that Sea Swap — the practice of rotating crews to deployed ships — and the Fleet Response Plan to deploy forces less predictably and surge forces when needed "have postured us for the future. Force posture is at least as important as force structure. DD(X) [next-generation destroyer] and LCS [Littoral Combat Ship] are being designed from the keel up to be sea-swapped," Clark said, indicating his confidence in the potential demonstrated in Sea Swap experiments.
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