To take the place of the recently deactivated Carrier Strike Group 7, stationed in San Diego, Calif. Taking CSG-7 out of the fleet leaves the Navy with only nine operational carrier strike groups. A number that the sea service will likely be stuck with over the next decade, according Ray...
Navy ships—the frigate USS Pharris (FF-1094) and the destroyer USS Nicholson (DD-982). In addition to these two combatants, the yard is working on the Military Sealift Command's stores ship USNS Rigel (T-AF-58). Within the past year Coastal has completed the regular overhaul of two...
Well. If China gets its back up about Littoral Combat Ships based at Changi, they’re only looking for a reason to be provoked. They’re “modern” if by modern you mean “new”, but in terms of capability, meh. More in the nature of a European-style corvette than a proper warship...
Radio Communications: Arc set: Is effective with Pearl Harbor, Heeia Point, Guam (new arc set), Papeete and probably effective with San Diego and Darien, Canal Zone and with ships equipped with arc apparatus, depending an their range. It is probable this set will work with arc stations in ...
Fleet. The warship is named after a town in West Virginia, a significant place during the American Civil War. Previously, the ship had been stationed at the American Naval Base in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, until 2011, when USSGermantown(LSD-42) replaced it and returned to San Diego, ...
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Direct Action missions are quick “SWAT” like assaults used to rescue hostages, seize oil platforms, over take ships, or destroy a targets. Often the enemy will have little to no warning of the attack. While executing unique Direct Action missions taking down ships in the Gulf it was commo...
that would include the Ships only Vietnam deployment in 1968. When the ship got back, it was stationed on the east coast, and VF-33 went to CVW-7, and ended up on the Independence. My dad was with them for at least one work up cruise, since there are a set...
Navy has also decided to assign ships to eight other Gulf ports. A 15th battle group will be stationed in the Gulf. This concept of strategic homeporting has significant political advantage. It produces wider political support for Navy programs. However, it is a very expensive idea which ...
in rank, I was trained in Military Leadership, scheduling maintenance and training. Conducting training and subordinate Professional development. Being stationed on mostly small ships, cross training was highly emphasized. Training was arduous and some operations could be extremely complicated and stressful...