'SummerPulse 2004' : Drei Träger vor Europa
Geschrieben von IT Oma am 06. Juli 2004 20:40:33:
Als Antwort auf: Überlegungen zur US-Übung 'SummerPulse 2004' geschrieben von Johannes am 06. Juli 2004 19:26:00:
Ostküsten-Flugzeugträger in Europa einzusetzen ist "nicht normal, aber nicht völlig ungewöhnlich", sagte McCullough und bezog sich dabei auf US Teilnahme an NATO-Manövern.
Von den drei Flugzeugträgern vor Europa ist nur die Kennedy aufgrund eines normalen Einsatzplans dort.
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Several U.S. aircraft carriers are at sea for the Navy's Summer Pulse '04 exercise, which runs through August. Those taking part include:
* USS George Washington, deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
* USS John C. Stennis, Rim of the Pacific exercise off Hawaii.
* USS Kitty Hawk, in the western Pacific.
* USS Ronald Reagan, in the Atlantic, then shifting its home port from Norfolk, Va., to San Diego.
* USS John F. Kennedy, in the Mediterranean on a scheduled deployment.
* USS Enterprise, in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic.
* USS Harry S. Truman, in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic.-- Jason Chudy
Three aircraft carriers and their escort ships and submarines are sailing in Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic waters this summer as part of the Navy quick-response exercise Summer Pulse '04.
The goal is to test the Navy's ability to deploy six carrier strike groups, which include the carrier and its escorts, within a 30-day notice and two more strike groups within three months, a Navy news release said.
The exercise started in early June and runs through August.
Strike groups operating off Europe are the USS John F. Kennedy, USS Harry S. Truman and USS Enterprise, carrying a total of about 20,000 sailors.
Seven of the Navy's 12 aircraft carriers are away from their home ports this summer on regularly scheduled deployments or are taking part in the exercise.
The Enterprise strike group commander, Rear Adm. Barry McCullough, said that Summer Pulse shows that the Navy can deploy "almost 67 percent of our [carrier strike group] capabilities on a short notice."
"This is a demonstration of the Navy's operational capability and demonstrates our nation's commitment to respond to a potential global crisis," he said.
Enterprise, he said, learned of the Summer Pulse deployment only 30 days before leaving its Norfolk, Va.-home port.
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Deploying East Coast carrier groups to Europe is "not normal, but not unheard of," McCullough said, because of U.S. participation in NATO exercises.
Of the three carrier groups in the region, only the Kennedy is on a regularly scheduled deployment.
Enterprise's strike group recently joined the British-run Joint Maritime Course exercise off Scotland, a 10-nation, 50-ship exercise that ran June 21 until Thursday.
The Enterprise and Truman strike groups will next be taking part in exercise Medshark/Majestic Eagle '04 off Morocco July 11 to 16.
U.S. naval forces also will include the Gaeta, Italy-based 6th Fleet flagship USS La Salle, and La Maddalena, Sardinia-based USS Emory S. Land. The Italian aircraft carrier Garibaldi will also be participating.
The Truman completed an exercise on the East Coast before deploying to the Mediterranean in late June.