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To: vannrox
"But for the first week of this year, for the first time since World War II, no U.S. aircraft carriers were deployed, ..."

My son is on a carrier. Left on deployment yesterday. Jan 5th falls within the first week of this year.

30 posted on 01/06/2017 5:50:25 AM PST by Comment Not Approved (When bureaucrats outlaw hunting, outlaws will hunt bureaucrats.)
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This story is much ado about nothing. The big CV fleet carriers are not the only means of projecting force.

In an era of reduced military capability, there will be more ‘holes’ for quite awhile.


31 posted on 01/06/2017 6:07:07 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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