Navy Carrier Truman Sets Sail in Test of More Flexible Fleet Deployment Plan
Published: Jun 2, 2004
Posted on 06/02/2004 1:04:09 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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A second Norfolk-based carrier, the USS Enterprise, was expected to leave Thursday to participate in the exercise, dubbed "Summer Pulse 04."
The exercise continues through August with seven carriers and will include allied forces from around the world, officials said.
"The ability to push that kind of military capability to the four corners of the world is quite remarkable," Navy Secretary Gordon R. England said when he announced plans for the demonstration last week in Washington. "Several years ago, we could deploy only two" carriers at the same time.
It is the first exercise of the Navy's new Fleet Response Plan, in which ships will move away from regularly scheduled, six-month deployments and instead be prepared to leave as world events demand.
The Navy wants to be able to send six carrier strike groups in less than 30 days to handle crises anywhere in the world, while having two more carrier strike groups ready to sail within three months to reinforce or rotate with those forces.
This is "a fundamentally different way of deploying aircraft carriers than we had during the 20th century," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, an Alexandria research center on security issues.
The new plan makes deployment schedules less predictable, a change necessary in a post-Sept. 11 world, said the Truman's commander, Capt. Michael R. Groothousen.
"Terrorists love predictability," he said by telephone. "If we can start putting some unpredictability into our schedule, it makes it more difficult for any threat out there to determine when to strike."
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On the Net:
USS Harry S. Truman: http://www.navy.mil/homepages/cvn75/
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this is all too predictable
What are they talking about? ?hey have had 8 deployed for most of the last 4 years. They had 5 deployed for the Iraq war alone. All though the cold war they had at least 4 or 5 deployed at them same time, somethime 10. I do not understand this at all. When did we ever have just two carriers deployed at any one time?
Do they mean deploying them all at once?
Massive Chicom wargames off of Taiwan are scheduled for the end of this month.
The six carrier groups in the Atlantic are doing maneuvers with 7 other countries, including UK, Canada, Dutch and some others. The UK has sent most of its navy to sea. Iran is doing naval exercises right now. So is Russia, and I also read that China is shipping out what fleet it has. It seems unprecendented. All the major navies of the world are out to sea during June. Can anyone tell me if any US carrier is left in port (not in drydock)?
Maybe they are refering to the sailing dates? I have no idea about the distinction the SecNav is making here, because we have certainly had a good chunk of our carrier fleet at sea simultaneously.
Hey author, I know it's a piddling detail, but Harry Truman's middle name was "S" -that's it!! It is not an initial and it stands alone without a period after it....
The proper citation to President Truman's name is; Harry S Truman........
They must be misquoting him as saying that only 2 carriers could deploy.
I sailed as part of a 3-carrier battle group in the 80s, and I'm sure there were a couple deployed in Lantfleet at the same time.
FYI
Tuesday June 1, 2:43 PM
U.S.and Singapore navies test sea war skills
SINGAPORE, June 1 (Reuters) - Around 1,500 United States and Singapore navy personnel began exercises in the South China Sea on Tuesday to test maritime warfare skills, the defence ministries of both nations said in a joint statement.
Singapore has recently warned of the need to tighten security along the busy Malacca Strait as it fears terrorists may seek to hijack a tanker and turn it into a floating bomb.
About a third of the world's trade and 80 percent of Japan's crude oil is transported through the Strait, a narrow shipping lane that runs between Malaysia and Indonesia to Singapore.
The combined land, sea and air annual exercise, called Co-operation Afloat Readiness and Training, involves 12 ships, a submarine as well as fixed and rotary wing aircraft from the Singapore and the U.S. forces.
Defence ties between the United States and Singapore, a staunch ally of the U.S. in the war on Iraq, have been growing, with regular exercises and joint training of their armed forces.
This year's exercise comes ahead of an annual security gathering of up to 20 defence ministers or their representatives from around the region, which starts on June 4.
JAPAN REARMS TO COUNTER FUTURE CHINA THREAT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1146489/posts
Especially since 80% of their oil comes through the Malacca Strait
China is up to something.Their rhetoric is getting pretty heated against Taiwan, they do not like the new president at all.
Taiwan is getting out of control, according to China. Their vice-president is touring the Americas and acting like Taiwan is a sovereign nation. They do not want Taiwan to be allowed to join the United Nations, because that would enforce their status as a separate nation.
The western hemisphere tour is in part, to drum up support from south American countries:
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alvadoran President-elect Elias Antonio Saca said on Tuesday that he will direct his administration to fully support Taiwan's presence in the international community.
Saca made the pledge while meeting Vice President Annette Lu, who arrived in San Salvador on Sunday to attend Saca's June 1 inauguration on behalf of President Chen Shui-bian.
To express his appreciation for Taiwan's long-term assistance to El Salvador, Saca received the ROC delegation on the eve of his inauguration.
He assured Lu that during his term, he will direct all officials in his administration to speak for Taiwan's cause in the international arena, such as voicing support for its bid to join the United Nations at the annual U.N. General Assembly.
Moreover, Saca said he will treasure the longstanding friendship between the two countries and will further boost bilateral cooperation in agricultural, technological and many other fields.
http://www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw/20040602/20040602p1.html
So if a chinese plane or boat "accidently" crosses into Taiwanese space?
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Taiwan Headlines
Nation able to retaliate: defense minister
One of the kook sites has been saying there are 3 comets on collision course with the Earth that have been kept hush hush. I know it is tin-foil material but they have been predicting a june collision for the last 3 or 4 months. That combined with the sudden infusion of M-3 into the markets makes me a little curious as to what might be going on.
Thanks for all the addition.
The US Navy seems very busy doing exercises!!!
"The US Navy seems very busy doing exercises!"
Cobra Gold is an annual exercise that's been going on for decades.
But yes, they do beat the Navy to death with exercises. These mainly serve political and diplomatic purposes.
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