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  Official U.S. Navy file photo of the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Albuquerque (SSN 706). View Larger Download HiRes   Submarines Vital to Navy’s Fleet Response PlanStory Number: NNS040819-07Release Date: 8/19/2004 6:00:00 PMBy Chief Journalist (SW/AW) David Rush, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs; Chief Journalist (SW/AW) Mark Piggott, Commander, U.S. Naval Submarine Force Public Affairs; and Journalist 3rd Class Steven Feller, Commander, Navy Region Northeast Public AffairsNORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The submarine force surged and deployed 17 submarines and a submarine tender in support of Summer Pulse '04, the Navy’s first exercise under the Fleet Response...

Amid a flurry of increasingly strident warnings from China over the fate of Taiwan, the commander of US military forces in Asia and the Pacific has quietly cautioned the Chinese not to miscalculate American capabilities and intentions. During a visit to Beijing, Admiral Thomas Fargo told Chinese political and military leaders that US Pacific sea and air forces maintain a high state of readiness, in contrast to the drain on ground troops from deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers and Marines from the West Coast, Hawaii, South Korea and Okinawa are either already stationed in Asia or on the way....

Currently the US' seven aircraft carriers are busy holding a global military exercise. During the exercise, dubbed Summer Pulse 2004, the US puts altogether 150,000 troops from the army, navy and air force, more than 600 fighter planes and seven of its 12 carrier groups. The unprecedented scale, therefore, attracts the attention from various sides. Some analysts believe the US is holding a large aircraft carrier military drill with its eyes on China. The US intentions, however, do not stop at that. The military drill is not centered on west Pacific According to the CRI Online the US seven-carrier global...

    Official U.S. Navy file photo of USS Albany (SSN 753). View Larger Download HiRes   USS Albany Returns from Deployment, Summer Pulse '04Story Number: NNS040802-01Release Date: 8/2/2004 10:09:00 AMBy Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Public AffairsNORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Albany (SSN 753) returned to Naval Station Norfolk July 30 from a six-month deployment. The submarine, with a crew of 144 officers and Sailors, departed Norfolk Jan. 30 on a regularly scheduled deployment. While deployed, Albany provided support in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman for more than 150 days, helping...

<p>August 2, 2004 -- SEVEN American aircraft- car rier strike groups are plying the world's seven seas right now in one of the biggest military exercises since the end of the Cold War. Officially, it's the first test of the Navy's new strategy, the Fleet Response Plan (FRP). Unofficially, it puts America's potential foes on notice: The U.S. Army may be stretched pretty thin at the moment — but the U.S. Navy isn't.</p>

August 2, 2004 -- SEVEN American aircraft- car rier strike groups are plying the world's seven seas right now in one of the biggest military exercises since the end of the Cold War. Officially, it's the first test of the Navy's new strategy, the Fleet Response Plan (FRP). Unofficially, it puts America's potential foes on notice: The U.S. Army may be stretched pretty thin at the moment — but the U.S. Navy isn't. It's a bold statement of U.S. power reminisent of one President Teddy Roosevelt sent in 1907 — the two-year global circumnavigation by the Great White Fleet. Each...

Recently, the US House of Representatives, in defiance of the three Sino-US joint communiqu¨¦s and the overall situation regarding US-China relationship, passed a congressional common resolution on so-called reiterating commitments to the "Taiwan Relations Act", which fabricates the story about China's military threats, preaches arms sales to Taiwan and upgrades US-Taiwan military relations. Such gross interference in China's internal affairs has aroused indignation among the Chinese people and caused people to have serious doubts about the sincerity of the US government policy statement that voices the "one-China policy" and "opposition to Taiwan independence". That's because people have noticed that this...

Military might and political messages By Mac William Bishop TAIPEI - Military exercises often have as much political use as tactical utility, and this week, China, Taiwan and the US all have conducted major exercises in or around the Taiwan Strait. These maneuvers send messages about the various countries' intentions in the Taiwan Strait. China's exercises began on July 16 and were scheduled to end Friday, July 23. Meanwhile, the United States' global Summer Pulse 2004 exercises, which began in mid-July and will last until mid-August, have moved to the Western Pacific region this week. Taiwan also is holding its...

ABOARD THE USS KITTY HAWK (AP) In his office under the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk, Capt. Thomas Parker points at a wall covered by the photos of his 32 predecessors. The first one took command before the 1962 Cuban missile crisis; in the middle are the Vietnam-era captains. USS Kitty Hawk leaves its forward-deployed port in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture to take part in the Summer Pulse 2004 exercises. You have to turn a corner down the hall to get to Parker's own picture. After 43 years and assignments in just about every conflict from Vietnam to Iraq,...

<p>BEIJING — China and the United States are hosting separate military exercises this week in displays of might amid tensions between the mainland and Taiwan over the island's sovereignty, military analysts say.</p> <p>In a highly unusual move, the Chinese have publicized amphibious military operations being held on mainland-controlled islands in the Taiwan Strait. The war games, which simulate an invasion of Taiwan, involve 18,000 Chinese troops in weeklong land, sea and air maneuvers, according to the state-run media.</p>

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan -- It's an exercise not quite like any Rear Adm. James Kelly has led his battle group into before. In the coming weeks, the USS Kitty Hawk and six other Navy aircraft carriers will be deployed around the globe to demonstrate America's ability to deal with a decidedly post-September 11 scenario: the outbreak of violence just about everywhere at once.

USS Truman: Out for fun and games? FILE UNDER: 'NO WAY TO DELAY THAT TROUBLE COMING EVERY DAY'USS Harry S. Truman, USS Enterprise Leave Norfolk to Test Navy's Deployment Capabilities (AP) - The USS Harry S. Truman sailed Wednesday- and the USS Enterprise left Thursday - in a test of the Navy's ability to have seven of its 12 carriers away from port simultaneously, a major shift from the way carriers have traditionally been used. The two Norfolk-based carriers are participating in the exercise, dubbed "Summer Pulse 04." "Summer Pulse 04" continues through August, with seven carriers conducting joint exercises...

China is getting edgy over a new US military strategy aimed at projecting force around the globe and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's visit last week was an attempt to calm Beijing down, analysts said. Rice's trip on Thursday and Friday came as the US military was rolling out an unprecedented deployment of naval power to the Pacific Ocean in what is officially being termed a military exercise, they said. "It is an unprecedented show of force and a return to gun boat diplomacy," Andrew Tam, a security expert at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies in Singapore, told...

          US plans huge show of force in Pacific Seven aircraft carriers to move within striking distance of China; Taiwan forces slated to join in drillBy Ching Cheong HONG KONG - The United States is planning a massive show of force in the Pacific Ocean near China to register a point with Beijing. WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN: ONE aircraft carrier is sent to a trouble spot as a reminder of US presence. This was done several times in the past, when tension was high in the Taiwan Strait.TWO carriers show serious concern, as was the...

Hornet, Marine Pilot MissingStory Number: NNS040627-01Release Date: 6/27/2004 8:08:00 PMFrom USS Harry S. Truman Public Affairs ABOARD USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (NNS) -- A U.S. Marine Corps pilot and F/A-18 Hornet aircraft operating from USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) were reported missing June 27. The missing pilot has been identified as Capt. Franklin R. Hooks, II, 32, of Pasco, Fla. Aircraft wreckage has been recovered approximately 60 miles south of the Azores in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Harry S. Truman and its embarked aircraft have covered more than 200 square miles of water in search of the pilot....

US navy plans 'show of force' off oil-rich West Africa LAGOS (AFP) Jun 04, 2004 A US navy battlegroup is to make a "show of force" in the oil-rich waters of the Gulf of Guinea, off west Africa, diplomats said Friday, as Washington hones plans to escape its dependence on unstable Middle Eastern supplies by securing more African crude. The foray by a heavily armed carrier group into the waters off Nigeria, Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea and other African oil producers, comes at a time when fuel prices are topping the US political agenda and security crises in the Gulf...

Navy Tests New Operational Construct Seven Carrier Strike Groups Underway for Exercise “Summer Pulse 04” The Department of Defense announced today that this summer, simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs) will demonstrate the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat power across the globe by operating in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. “Summer Pulse 04” will be the Navy’s first exercise of its new operational construct, the Fleet Response Plan (FRP). FRP is about new ways of operating, training, manning, and maintaining the fleet that results in increased force readiness and...

Navy Carrier Truman Sets Sail in Test of More Flexible Fleet Deployment PlanBy Sonja Barisic Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 2, 2004 NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman set sail Wednesday in a test of the Navy's ability to have seven of its 12 carriers away from port at the same time, a major shift away from the customary deployment of the fleet. A second Norfolk-based carrier, the USS Enterprise, was expected to leave Thursday to participate in the exercise, dubbed "Summer Pulse 04." The exercise continues through August with seven carriers and will include...