Posted on 10/09/2015 6:04:12 PM PDT by lbryce
The United States has pulled the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier that has been central in the fight against the Islamic State, from the Persian Gulf, military officials said Thursday.
NBC News reported that the U.S. Navy now, for the first time since 2007, has no aircraft carrier in the sea. The aircraft carrier was taken out late Thursday so that it can undergo maintenance, but its temporary removal is also part of budget cuts.
The nuclear-powered USS Theodore Roosevelt, which houses approximately 5,000 troops and 65 combat planes, has played a large role in the Obama administration bomb campaign against Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIL or ISIS) since its conception in 2014.
Military officials previously warned of the aircraft carrier’s removal and its negative impact on U.S. capabilities in the region.
“Without that carrier, there will be a detriment to our capability there,” Adm. John Richardson, currently the chief of Naval Operations, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in July. While the USS Harry S. Truman will likely replace the carrier, it could be up to two months before that happens.
The removal comes just as the Obama administration on Friday ended its $500 million Pentagon program to train and arm Syrian rebels fighting IS in an acknowledgement of its failure.
At the same time, Russia has been boosting its military activity in the region over the last few weeks, sending military equipment and troops to Syria and starting to launch airstrikes in the country. Russia is also launching cruise missiles from ships in the Caspian Sea at targets in Syria and allegedly putting “volunteer” forces on the ground in the country.
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Only 3 carriers at sea these days. Roosevelt coming in for repairs, Eisenhower in the Atlantic, and Washington in the Pacific.
Under Reagan’s 600 ship navy, there were to be 17 carriers, 4 battleships, 42 cruisers, 89 attack submarines, and 36 ballistic missile subs. Probably the only area of improvement has been with the amphibs; other than that, the Bushes, Clintons and Obama have gutted the navy.
Nope, the ROEs were so strict that pilots had to request permission for any target and permission could take over an hour, by which time the target was gone or the aircraft had to return to the ship.
0bama behaves like a homosexual communist mohammedan because he IS a homosexual communist mohammedan.
Is the Abraham Lincoln still docked? Last I heard it was sitting idle because they couldn’t afford to re-fuel the reactor.
Jimmy Carter sent USS Midway 1,200 miles south of Arabian Sea during Iranian crisis in 1979-80.
Obama is even more of a wimp than Carter.
If I hated America and were POTUS, I would not do anything different than has been done by this white house since 2008
Could be giving leadway for the Iranians with Russia’s help to attack Israel if and when Israel takes out Iran’s nuke sights.
150,000 Russian troops in Syria including 8,000 Chinese troops with a Chinese carrier group out in the sea ? Just to fight a few thousand ISIS troops ?
They are staging for a major battle in the middle East.
The US taking the carrier group out of the Persian gulf gives a signal to Israel’s enemies that the US is not going to stop Iran, Russia, from attacking Israel.
I’m afraid you’re right.
And soon to...
A quick search says it has been refloated and is being upgraded and rehabbed.
Putin probably told Obama to move it or he’d have it towed...lol
Everything is in place for the Perfect Storm to hit.
This time the continental USA will not be spared.
Where is the USS Reagan now?
I feel sorry for the men and women in our military. They have to be so embarrassed. Chickensh*t Obama forcing them to run from a fight. In Barry’s words, it might be “patriotic” to turn tail and run from a fight but Americans know that it’s un-American to do that.
Your attention to this post as well. The Russians are deploying Sunburns and Sizzlers in the area.
And we took all the CIWS units off the Roosevelt and most of her escorts.
Active Duty ping.
usually another carrier will replace it
One thing for sure, an enemy only respects strength. And if you give them a mile they will take two. Once this joker is out of office it will take a long time to regain our place as the world’s most feared military.
Perhaps Barry will soon be on the deck of the carrier with a huge “Mission Accomplished” sign.....next to a white flag.
Gonzo Station !!!
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