Posted on 10/09/2015 6:22:11 AM PDT by Trumpinator
As Russian warships rain down cruise missiles as part of its military strike in Syria, there's now a glaring absence in the region: For the first time since 2007, the U.S. Navy has no aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf.
Military officials said Thursday that they've pulled the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which is home to about 5,000 service members and 65 combat planes, so that it can undergo maintenance. The ship officially exited the gulf around 11 p.m. ET. The temporary measure is also the result of mandatory budget cuts.
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Under-go maintenance?! Hahahahahahahahahaha.
Hahahahaha. Hahahahahahahaha.
“I’ll have more flexibility after the election.”
Hot mic champ.
Let’s face it, Mr. Soft Power turned tail and ran.
But, having said that, these budget cuts are real.
My son is a National Guardsman, and they have them eating MREs on drills.
When it is needed the most, it is withdrawn? What brilliant naval strategy!
I love that the excuse made was that they were leaving to undergo “maintenance.” Please! Our military left because Putin smacked Obama in the face, said “shut yo mouth”, and Obama ran off with his tail between his legs.
We do have more than one ship.
Smart move. The Persian Gulf is a bathtub. Potential aggressor weapons must be kept outside the range required to detect and intercept them. In the Persian Gulf that exclusion zone is almost entirely over land controlled by potential aggressor nations or non-state actors. This is the smartest move I’ve seen yet on our side. (That isn’t to say that smart moves aren’t being made that we can’t see. I hope there are. But paraphrasing a popular poster, “It’s hard to soar with eagles when your commander and cheif is a turkey.”)
There was a report I read a few years ago stating that aircraft carriers are pretty much sitting ducks if they are near coastal missile defense range. Chinese Silk Work or Russian Sunburn missiles being a threat.
One can be sure that while the ship undergoes repairs the crew will be in training to combat the most evil foe in Obama’s eyes, white privilege.
“We do have more than one ship.”
During the Cold War we had about 850 ships. Today about 300.
I am sure it is ine if the side deals with Iran.
No doubt.
This has indeed been planned for a while now, and discussed (in some cases months ago) on other FR threads.
The USN is doing a three-carrier “hull swap”. The USS George Washington is going from Japan to Norfolk for it’s midlife refueling. The USS Reagan is leaving San Diego and replacing Washingon in Japan. Roosevelt is leaving Norfolk and replacing Reagan in San Diego.
Google “CVN-220”, which is the combined hull numbers of the three carriers and is being used to represent the crew members who will have served on all three carriers.
Not when it comes to carriers we don’t. We’ve stretched deployments beyond the breaking point. We haven’t been building carriers fast enough to keep up. We should be commissioning a new carrier ever 5-6 years to maintain 10+1 fleet levels (10 in service, one in midlife refueling), but since Enterprise retired and with Ford delayed we’re down to 9+1.
Which causes coverage gaps. Like the one in the Persian Gulf, which has been projected for a couple years now.
Also undergoing fag and transvestite sensitivity training.
this is time the US should be building up presence throughout the area. It is strength they respect, both the ME and Russia.
We are now ten years behind in the great game.
I hate to say it, but things are lining up with the Orthodox prophecies. Which isn’t good for the USA.
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