Readiness starts at “the foundry”—the U.S. Navy’s shipyards, training centers, shore facilities, weapons production lines, and logistics networks—the incoming chief of naval operations said Monday at the Washington Navy Yard.

“For too long, we’ve treated this interconnected network of force generation as background noise. No longer,” said Adm. Daryl Caudle as he assumed command as the 34th chief of naval operations Monday morning. “From reducing maintenance delays to ensuring spare parts and ordnance flow on time, the foundry will become the engine of naval dominance.”

Caudle most recently led the Navy’s Fleet Forces Command, where the term has been in use for some time . He was not referring, a spokesman confirmed, to the Navy team that is developing the future Integrated Combat S

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