As for Med Basin uprisings? Go back to a two carrier group posture there. Oops we can't anymore not enough ships. Do we even keep one there full time now?
My first memory of Chuck Heston was from the backseat of my Dad's 1950 Torpedo Chevy fastback that had venetian blinds in the back window and a flat space there I could nap on long drives. My Dad, Mom and I, all of 5 years old, were at a drive in watching 1952's The Greatest Show on Earth where Chuck played Brad Braden, the hard as nails circus ramrod.
A story Heston told often was that a fan wrote a letter to Cecil B. DeMille on how much she enjoyed The Greatest Show on Earth and commented, "And I'm surprised how well the circus manager (Heston) worked with the real actors." Heston thought it was one of the best reviews he ever received.
My next memory of him was three years later in 1955's The Private War of Major Benson where he is a young Patton type caught by the news media saying "We've got to take these milkshake drinking boys and turn them into whiskey drinking soldiers!" He is banished to a junior high military academy and hijinks begin!
Mainly that showing I fell deeper in love with Julie Adams as Heston love interest in the picture. I had first given Julie my heart in 1954's Creature from the Black Lagoon. And to this day, I still have the hots for her and she is still a good looking babe!
Charlton Heston had a great film career playing more real figures of history that any other actor. His many films brought me much, much enjoyment over a span of 50 plus years and I still find his films better than most made today.
In his later years, Heston's work to support the NRA and the Second Amendment will keep him in my hearts until it beat no more.
Nowadays, I pray for Heston in his time of troubles with Alzheimer's. My God provide the very best for him.