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Posted on 04/10/2007 6:37:41 AM PDT by RDTF
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) -- The Navy will send three aircraft carriers to waters off Guam for large-scale exercises late this summer, the outgoing U.S. Pacific Fleet commander said.
The Valiant Shield war games will resemble exercises held near the U.S. territory last June. Those brought together some 28 ships, 280 airplanes and 22,000 troops.
Adm. Gary Roughead, announcing the exercises in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, said the Navy learned a great deal from last year's large-scale exercises and wanted to hold similar drills again to improve on some of the tactics used.
"It was very important I think to take that information and while everything was still fresh to say let's go ahead and do things again," Roughead said.
The war games will only involve U.S. troops but will include forces from different services. The Marine Corps and Air Force participated in last year's drills.
Last year's exercises -- the first Valiant Shield -- were the largest the United States has had in the Pacific since the Vietnam War.
The war games underscore the Navy boosted presence in the Pacific.
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He also cited the fleet's use of its ballistic missile tracking systems to track North Korea's launch of missiles last July and humanitarian work with the USNS Mercy as accomplishments.
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Only U.S. troops - sounds like the read thing to me....
REAL THING I MEAN
Hello, China.
Maybe some other people will get the hint. Iran doesn’t seem to get the point of us having two CSG’s out there.
Vieques orphans. Go Blue Force!
GO NAVY
If I recall correctly the games they had last year; had China with a front row seat to observe. Wonder if they will do the same this year.
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I wonder if he is a rear admiral?
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