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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

Not speaking of visiting carriers, and technically not Navy, but Naval Station Mayport (US 4th Fleet HQ) is also the homeport for Marines USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7).

Most would look at that deck, and air traffic, and refer to the Iwo Jima as a carrier, while it is just a US Marines amphib assault ship. And it does spend a lot of time off Florida’s East Coast. It loiters out there, with regular flights from multiple Air Stations from mostly NAS Jacksonville, but really from all over the Southeast US.

However, while I have been working well North at MCQB, and I am aware of significant increased naval carrier group training exercises over the last several years off our Southeast Coast, and Florida. I know the Abraham Lincoln has spent considerable time out of Jacksonville over the last few years, with heavy f-35 training/joint training. Won’t go specific, but some of it hasn’t just been training either, either along our East Coast, or especially further South and West.


260 posted on 02/11/2021 9:30:43 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: patriotfury

Or rather how about *MCBQ.


263 posted on 02/11/2021 9:35:10 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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