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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....
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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!
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04/13/2017 5:43:16 PM PDT
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Grampa Dave
(Don't bother reading fake news about Trump on FR. Trump will tweet or email us his real news!my ol)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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04/13/2017 6:13:57 PM PDT
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ZULU
(DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! HE KILLED OBAMACARE REPEAL AND WILL KILL TAX REFORM!!)
To: Cobra64
Yeah! More acronyms! TONK was a freeper who died a couple years ago. Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club.
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04/13/2017 7:48:36 PM PDT
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itsahoot
(As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
And we still owe them some major payback for that. Hey we beat up Boucher what more do you want?
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04/13/2017 7:50:10 PM PDT
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itsahoot
(As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
To: Grampa Dave; RipSawyer
USS Taluga AO62
Wouldn't it just be under way?
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04/13/2017 7:53:32 PM PDT
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itsahoot
(As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
To: Col Frank Slade
The real question is: Where are the nuke subs...
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04/13/2017 9:46:03 PM PDT
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Paladin2
To: dfwgator
That’s one of my suggestions too. Enough already....
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04/13/2017 9:46:50 PM PDT
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Paladin2
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