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Focuses on Optimal Manning, an experiment using smaller number of sailors deployed in destroyers and cruisers of the U.S. Navy. Details of the creation of Optimal Manning; Phases of reducing sailors on Navy ships; Details on the implementation of Optimal Manning aboard the destroyer Milius.

Reports on the results of a survey of U.S. junior surface warfare officers (SWO). Top job satisfiers; Decline in the number of people who feel micromanaged; Percentage of SWO surveyed who believe that the SWO community needs to be more innovative.

Reports on the renomination of Gordon England as secretary of the U.S. Navy Department by U.S. President George W. Bush. Speculations on the renomination of England; Appointment of retired Air Force General Hansford T. Johnson as acting secretary; Views of observers and analysts on the appointment.

Reports on the contribution of the U.S. Marines to the design of the amphibious transport dock San Antonio. Description of the ship structure, according to Rear Admiral Charles Hamilton; Stabilization of the LPD-17 ship program of the Navy.

Reports on the plan to extend the U.S. Navy's Sea Swap Experiment, in which one ship deploys for 18 months and rotates crews overseas. Benefits of adding the destroyer Elliott to the Fletcher Sea Swap; Reasons for deploying the Sea Swap Experiment; Operations of the Fletcher Sea Swap and the Pacific Fleet Sea Swap.

Reports on the planned crew-reduction programs for most the U.S. Navy's surface ships. Number of reduced sailors for the Ticonderoga-class cruisers; Remarks from Commander Sandra Davidson regarding the number of sailors for Oliver Hazard Perry-class; Factors considered by Navy officials in determining the number of reduced sailors.

Reports on the short-term policy of the U.S. Navy, that allowed commanders and captains to retire at their pay grade. Reason for the creation of the policy; Remarks from Commander John Kirby on the policy; Factors that could deny the use of the policy.

Presents information on the hostile-fire pay which will be given to members of the Armed Forces who were killed or injured as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Amount of the hostile-fire pay; Areas near the site of the attacks which are covered by the hostile-fire pay policy; Requirements for payment distribution; Foreign deployment areas which are qualified under the imminent-danger and hardship-duty payments.

Focuses on the questions raised about the cost-effectiveness of using the P-3 Orion airplanes of the United States Navy for tracking land-based targets. Lessons learned from using the planes in missions in Iraq and Afghanistan; Plans to re-assign the planes for tracking submarines.