Posted on Dec 13, 2018
Shadowy special ops sea bases are a ‘gap we know we have and we’re working on,’ Navy secretary...
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One way the Navy has explored bringing sea basing to SOCOM in the past is through afloat forward-staging bases, which offer littoral mobility, support and refueling of small boats and special rotary-wing aircraft. Military Sealift Command has also acquired commercial container ships, and outfitted their bays with special dive lockers, armories and surgical suites, according to federal contracts.
“If, in a perfect world, I had the ability to go out and buy used ships on the market with very little constraint, we could close this gap quite rapidly,” Spencer added, hinting at the legal nature of that future request.
“If, in a perfect world, I had the ability to go out and buy used ships on the market with very little constraint, we could close this gap quite rapidly,” Spencer added, hinting at the legal nature of that future request.
Shadowy special ops sea bases are a ‘gap we know we have and we’re working on,’ Navy secretary...
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@SSG Carlos Madden I cannot resist; those blue clad figures against the wall?
Are those Sailors getting ‘time-out’?
Are those Sailors getting ‘time-out’?
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This is a great concept, but it’s not new. In Operation Earnest Will in 1987-1988, Army SpecOps helicopters from the 160th SOAR flew from barges in the Persian Gulf.
It sounds like the Navy wants to ramp up the concept used in Earnest Will.
It sounds like the Navy wants to ramp up the concept used in Earnest Will.
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