Forward presence needs maintenance and less paperwork

Is there a better alternative to the US Navy's forward-presence system?

No better system is proposed; forward presence needs proper resources and a review of the paperwork that consumes officers' time.

Forward training and maintenance need enough resources for the deployment system to work. Excessive paperwork is a particular concern for the US Navy, although other Western navies face it too. Officers and their superiors can become so occupied with forms that they lose time for leadership and direct oversight. New forms accumulate while old requirements rarely disappear, making a review of their continuing purpose worthwhile. Records still have value as evidence of what people did or failed to do, so the criticism concerns their burden and use as a substitute for supervision.