Posted on 08/02/2004 12:27:41 PM PDT by jfreif
Edited on 08/02/2004 2:42:03 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
August 2, 2004 -- SEVEN American aircraft- car rier strike groups are plying the world's seven seas right now in one of the biggest military exercises since the end of the Cold War. Officially, it's the first test of the Navy's new strategy, the Fleet Response Plan (FRP). Unofficially, it puts America's potential foes on notice: The U.S. Army may be stretched pretty thin at the moment — but the U.S. Navy isn't.
It's a bold statement of U.S. power reminisent of one President Teddy Roosevelt sent in 1907 — the two-year global circumnavigation by the Great White Fleet.
Each carrier strike group (CSG) includes one carrier with 75 aircraft, 4 combat ships, a submarine, cruise missiles and 6,500 sailors. No other nation can put to sea — anywhere on earth — such an incredible display of military might.
With China holding its yearly war games off Taiwan, Iran cracking open U.N.-sealed nuclear facilities and North Korea's continued belligerent nuclear blustering, the exercise, Summer Pulse '04, couldn't come at a more important time.
This exercise is extraordinary. Rarely does the U.S. have more than two of its 12 carriers at sea at any one time. That's because American carriers operate on a two-year cycle — six months at sea, followed by 18 months in the shipyards in overhaul and in training for its next deployment.
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The United States protects the waves and provids freedom to the world.
We've gone a long way since the beginning of the 20th Century.
God bless our beloved military.
Oh $&%*..........
;-)
Condensed version of the above:
"Don't F with the Squids."
God protect them all.
LOL!
I can see why............
Now 45,000 is a lot of sailors.
If this fleet stopped at a port and gave the men shore leave, how much American cash would get injected into the local economy?
If Kerry wins, we will have the naval power of our French allies to help us respond to any attack.
France has sent the nuclear-powered carrier Charles de Gaulle, with her attendant Carrier Battle Group, to the Arabian Sea. Photo: Marine Nationale.
Ok, with our fleets dispersed, we are in position to go to full scale Nuclear War. Something very big is up, we do not rattle the saber needlessly. I got no idea who stirred this hornets nest, but we are seeking a target, bigtime.
I wonder where the subs are?
Of course, if we really wanted to stop China for good only one Ohio Class Nuclear Sub would be needed.
Standard response to anyone who calls ua Navy guys 'squids' - what exactly is wrong with being an eight-legged bad mother-F*cker that sh!ts on Marine life?
Of course, it's particularly funny when said to a Marine!
Wonder if this is a scary version of 'I dare you.'
Is the virgina class that Sea Wolf they came out with years ago to replace the LA Class?
That E2C is going to ding up his landing gear trying to land on that postage stamp! I thought that I heard that the French CVN was too small & slow to launch & recover the E2C? Anybody know if they solved this problem?
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