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Second US carrier group ready as Korean Peninsula tensions rise (USS Eisenhower)
The Philippine Daily Inquirer ^ | April 12, 2017

Posted on 04/12/2017 2:32:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

As President Donald Trump warned that the US was ready to deal with North Korea alone, another carrier strike group was preparing to respond to a “crisis anywhere on the planet.”

The US Navy said the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group was conducting a sustainment exercise to prepare it for deployment. It is led by the nuclear-powered USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Nimitz class aircraft carrier.

“Sustaining the readiness of this strike group—so it is ready to respond to a crisis anywhere on the planet–is a bargain and an important part of what our Navy’s Optimized Fleet Response Plan does for the nation,” said Adm. Phil Davidson, commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsinfo.inquirer.net ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: china; first100days; korea; navy; shipmovement; trump; trump45; trumpasia; usnavy
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To: RipSawyer

Thanks for the life preserver!


21 posted on 04/13/2017 5:43:16 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Don't bother reading fake news about Trump on FR. Trump will tweet or email us his real news!my ol)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

NICE!!


22 posted on 04/13/2017 6:13:57 PM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! HE KILLED OBAMACARE REPEAL AND WILL KILL TAX REFORM!!)
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To: Cobra64
Yeah! More acronyms!

TONK was a freeper who died a couple years ago. Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club.

23 posted on 04/13/2017 7:48:36 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
And we still owe them some major payback for that.

Hey we beat up Boucher what more do you want?

24 posted on 04/13/2017 7:50:10 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: Grampa Dave; RipSawyer
USS Taluga AO62

Wouldn't it just be under way?

25 posted on 04/13/2017 7:53:32 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

The real question is: Where are the nuke subs...


26 posted on 04/13/2017 9:46:03 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: dfwgator

That’s one of my suggestions too. Enough already....


27 posted on 04/13/2017 9:46:50 PM PDT by Paladin2
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