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Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

From the moment the United States set out to build its first six frigates, we have needed someone in defense or government to take charge of bringing in big military projects on time and on budget.