Posted on Jun 14, 2020
High Alert - US Navy Deploys Two Groups Aircraft Carriers to Pacific
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I came across this US Military Defense news and thought this would be of interest to a broad military audience... This news was published on YouTube on June 10th, so it is relatively new... It would seem that there is a build up of Naval forces in the Pacific... Eyes open folks!
"Two carrier strike groups deployed to the Pacific on Monday – the first since the Navy developed a new set of procedures to protect the ships underway from the COVID-19 virus.
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) left its homeport in Yokosuka, Japan, on Monday local time to begin the carrier strike group’s spring patrol, U.S. 7th Fleet announced. The carrier is embarked with Carrier Air Wing 5 based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and unspecified escorts from Destroyer Squadron 15." US MIlitary Defense
"Two carrier strike groups deployed to the Pacific on Monday – the first since the Navy developed a new set of procedures to protect the ships underway from the COVID-19 virus.
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) left its homeport in Yokosuka, Japan, on Monday local time to begin the carrier strike group’s spring patrol, U.S. 7th Fleet announced. The carrier is embarked with Carrier Air Wing 5 based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and unspecified escorts from Destroyer Squadron 15." US MIlitary Defense
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Roughly ten acres of sovereign US Territory in route to troubled hotspots.
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Most impressive Sgt (Join to see) I have not seen anything like that since the Vietnam war and the Cold war....! I did see a similar display of power in 1986 during Operation Eldorado Canyon on Libya, but not on this scale...
This video made me a little home sick for sure... but I am very pleased to see a strike group of this magnitude... It also reminded me of an incident while deployed on USS Leahy DLG-16 (A guided Missile Destroyer) in 1972 (Height of the Cold War) in the Mediterranean Sea. We happened upon some Russian War ships at a Greek Island anchorage. The Skipper immediately ordered our ship to do very fast donuts around the Russian ships while playing "Stars & Stripes Forever" on the weather-deck speakers. The Rusky ships were hauling up the anchors as fast as they could. He then took the microphone and yelled into it "Take a good look Ivan... You are looking at #1"! And then ordered a full speed exit from the Russians.
When I saw the first moments of this video, I did a flashback to the Russian incident and I yelled "Take a good look China.... you are looking at #1!" GO NAVY GO you are looking good!!!!!!!!!
This video made me a little home sick for sure... but I am very pleased to see a strike group of this magnitude... It also reminded me of an incident while deployed on USS Leahy DLG-16 (A guided Missile Destroyer) in 1972 (Height of the Cold War) in the Mediterranean Sea. We happened upon some Russian War ships at a Greek Island anchorage. The Skipper immediately ordered our ship to do very fast donuts around the Russian ships while playing "Stars & Stripes Forever" on the weather-deck speakers. The Rusky ships were hauling up the anchors as fast as they could. He then took the microphone and yelled into it "Take a good look Ivan... You are looking at #1"! And then ordered a full speed exit from the Russians.
When I saw the first moments of this video, I did a flashback to the Russian incident and I yelled "Take a good look China.... you are looking at #1!" GO NAVY GO you are looking good!!!!!!!!!
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CWO3 Dennis M.
PO3 Bob McCord - By the way Bob, The skipper I spoke of in my post above was someone you may have heard of or knew... He was the head of the Brown Water Navy in the Delta about 1969. He took command of the ship my (USS Leahy DLG-16 in 1971 I think.....He was Capt. Roy Hoffman. A great "Old Navy" cigar smoking, knuckle dragging sailor" He was a Great skipper! Go to this BIO page below to read about him. One of his Brown water officers was Kerry who ran for Pres. Roy did not like him at all...!
http://www.swiftboats.net/extras/RoyHoffmanBio.htm
http://www.swiftboats.net/extras/RoyHoffmanBio.htm
Rear Admiral Roy Francis Hoffmann, a native of Crystal City, Missouri, enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 28 April 1943, and was commissioned from the University of Notre Dame NROTC Unit of 1 June 1946. He advanced through the ranks to Rear Admiral on 1 July 1974. Rear Admiral Hoffmann served on eight ships during his sea service career. His initial assignment was on USS Quick DMS-32 which operated in the Western Pacific during the years...
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Probably a deterrent to China's super carrier group threatening the pacific
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Sgt (Join to see)
I believe that you are correct... China has literally been building islands in the South China Sea, not that far from the Philippines... There are many shoals through out that part of the SCS and China has been bring shiploads of earth and rock over the years to build these small islands... Many have military installations, which includes naval and land forces...as well as a landing strip for aircraft... China is declaring domain over those man made islands, and therein lies the rub so-to-speak... China wants to extend their international waters to fundamentally own the area... It has been an international Sea seemingly forever... It will be interesting to see what happens short and long term...
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Cpl Benjamin Long
Sgt (Join to see) China is using the law pee philosophy of owner ship... they go to a place.. unrinate on a stone and claim ownership.... There was a long standing joke in the city of Akron when one of the mayors lost an election two days later they arrested him for urinating on the university of akron campus wall while proclaiming himself king of the university....
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