Posted on Jun 14, 2016
Six Aircraft Carriers Underway Marks Milestone for Navy: Top Officer
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Maybe a milestone by today's standards but it was old hat back in the day when we had a larger carrier force.
Now we have too small of a force for our needs which means we are running our existing ships to the breaking point. The USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) is currently 12 months into a planned 8 month yard period and who knows when she's going to be finished.
That means other ships need to fill the gap, deployments are getting longer and time between deployments is getting shorter.
Now we have too small of a force for our needs which means we are running our existing ships to the breaking point. The USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) is currently 12 months into a planned 8 month yard period and who knows when she's going to be finished.
That means other ships need to fill the gap, deployments are getting longer and time between deployments is getting shorter.
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CWO3 Randy Weston
Not only running the ships to the breaking point, but the crews as well. Thus the McCain and the Fitzgerald.
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Power projection to the max. The big difference is, our enemies know
we are now serious.
we are now serious.
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Thanks for sharing SP5 Mark Kuzinski that six modern US aircraft carrier underway at the same time marked a US Navy milestone.
1. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower entered the Mediterranean Sea this week
2 USS Eisenhower is positioned to carry out airstrikes against targets of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
3 & 4 the John C. Stennis in the South China Sea, and the Japan-based Ronald Reagan beginning its 2016 patrol in the Pacific last week.
and 5 & 6 Two aircraft carriers are conducting coastal training operations
1. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower entered the Mediterranean Sea this week
2 USS Eisenhower is positioned to carry out airstrikes against targets of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
3 & 4 the John C. Stennis in the South China Sea, and the Japan-based Ronald Reagan beginning its 2016 patrol in the Pacific last week.
and 5 & 6 Two aircraft carriers are conducting coastal training operations
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