Aircraft Carriers III

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20 November 2019
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US Navy’s AAG performs 22 aircraft arrestments in testing
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OK so do it on the Ford
and here's the NavalToday story containing "herculean efforts", what a Captain is "highly confident with", etc.:
US Navy’s Advanced Arresting Gear passes “most demanding test to date”
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here's what caught my attention inside
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quote,

Captain Jerry Kyd, former commander of HMS Queen Elizabeth, commented on the initial deployment and the gradual increase in air wing numbers:

“We are constrained by the F-35 buy rate even though that was accelerated in SDSR in 2015, so initial operating capability numbers in 2020 are going to be very modest indeed. We will flesh it out with helicopters, and a lot depends on how many USMC F-35s come on our first deployment in 2021. But by 2023, we are committed to 24 UK jets onboard, and after that it’s too far away to say.”

end of quote
 
Nov 1, 2019
inside
Marines Could Deploy More 'Lightning Carriers' amid High Demand for Flattops
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"People came up to me and said, 'Are you out of your mind, secretary? Not refueling the Truman ... that's just insane,'" Spencer said.

But if the sea services are going to be ready for the next fight, he said they must be allowed to ditch inefficient equipment. The
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carriers will be able to fly 30% more sorties and operate with 25% fewer people on board than the
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ships, he added.

"It's an efficiency game changer," Spencer said. "So let me abandon an older vessel and move to the newer fleet."


if I were the President, I'd now step in and thank that SECNAV for his service
and what's recently happened is "The secretary of defense asked Richard V. Spencer to step down as the Secretary of the Navy after ..." (an issue unrelated to aircraft carriers):
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bd popeye

The Last Jedi
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I really think Pres. Trump overstepped his boundaries when pardoning US Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan and re-instating the rank of US Navy SEAL CPO Edward Gallagher.

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 04, 2019) – Sailors observe an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, land aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island is conducting routine operations in the eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ethan Jaymes Morrow)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 23, 2019) Sailors move aircraft and cargo in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is underway conducting routine training in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Dylan Lavin)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 22, 2019) Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Kirchert, from Lake Placid, New York, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) air department, poses for a photo with Cmdr. Mehdi Akacem, Ford's air boss, during his promotion ceremony on the ship's flight deck. Ford is currently underway conducting an independent steaming exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Connor Loessin)

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NORFOLK (Nov. 18, 2019) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs Naval Station Norfolk as seen from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Truman is underway conducting operations at sea to reintegrate the carrier strike group and make final preparations to ensure the carrier, air wing, and Sailors are operationally ready to deploy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaleb J. Sarten)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 17, 2019) Capt. John J. Cummings, USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) commanding officer, participates in a 5k race on the ship's flight deck. The 5k was held to promote fitness and crew morale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Melvin))
 
I really think Pres. Trump overstepped his boundaries when pardoning US Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan and re-instating the rank of US Navy SEAL CPO Edward Gallagher.
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Sep 28, 2019
in fact I don't care about Trump's games related to Bidens (whom he mentioned by a total coincidence hahaha during his first ever phone call with the Ukrainian),

but I care about purported White House interference with the Pentagon's military aid for Ukraine

(repeat: the Pentagon's funds (appropriated by the Congress), not White House's funds or Trump's funds!)

and I think the Inspector General should look into this!

US Military is not a private army or the White House army
and now I add this: at its inception, the US decided to be led by a President, not by a Monarch
 

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
Sep 28, 2019

and now I add this: at its inception, the US decided to be led by a President, not by a Monarch
The President of the United States is the Head of State, and Commander in Chief. As such his powers are those to set foreign policy and countermand orders of the military.
These are powers invested in the office by the US constitution. The office is not a absolute monarchy as the President can be removed not by abdication but by act of both houses of Congress though impeachment. Something highly controversial in even a constitutional monarchy virtually demanding an act of revolution. see King Charles the first and Second.
Congress sets the laws the President enacts them, although since FDR successive Congresses have delegated more and more to the agencies powers and responsibilities of there own. Including War powers. The President has the Veto but a super majority vote by both houses can countermand the veto.
The President has term limitations meaning that he can removed by act of the electoral system, Monarchs again baring revolution or abdication rule for life.

Part of what is happening right now is that parts of the US Government are feuding as the First term President of the United States wished to change US foreign policy’s an act within his preview, yet they insist it was not. Congress has the power to ratify treaty into law, the President has the power to negotiate said treaty. However if the treaty is not ratified it can be held to as policy until and unless a successor chooses to change said policy.

As such the actions stated may be distasteful but are within the rights of the office. Right now a lot of politics is floating as one party given the House has insisted that this sitting President, was placed in office improperly. Then was running his own foreign policy contrary to their wants.[ Odd as above he sets foreign policy and if they were trying to counter his wants then they would have been acting contrary to their positions. Meaning that the President would have been within his rights to fire them and find those who would act in accordance with his orders.] Or that he has somehow acted in a criminal manor. All this well at the edge of a new Presidential election cycle which naturally whips up political rancor.
 
The President of the United States is the Head of State, and Commander in Chief. As such his powers are those to set foreign policy and countermand orders of the military.
These are powers invested in the office by the US constitution. The office is not a absolute monarchy as the President can be removed not by abdication but by act of both houses of Congress though impeachment. Something highly controversial in even a constitutional monarchy virtually demanding an act of revolution. see King Charles the first and Second.
Congress sets the laws the President enacts them, although since FDR successive Congresses have delegated more and more to the agencies powers and responsibilities of there own. Including War powers. The President has the Veto but a super majority vote by both houses can countermand the veto.
The President has term limitations meaning that he can removed by act of the electoral system, Monarchs again baring revolution or abdication rule for life.

Part of what is happening right now is that parts of the US Government are feuding as the First term President of the United States wished to change US foreign policy’s an act within his preview, yet they insist it was not. Congress has the power to ratify treaty into law, the President has the power to negotiate said treaty. However if the treaty is not ratified it can be held to as policy until and unless a successor chooses to change said policy.

As such the actions stated may be distasteful but are within the rights of the office. Right now a lot of politics is floating as one party given the House has insisted that this sitting President, was placed in office improperly. Then was running his own foreign policy contrary to their wants.[ Odd as above he sets foreign policy and if they were trying to counter his wants then they would have been acting contrary to their positions. Meaning that the President would have been within his rights to fire them and find those who would act in accordance with his orders.] Or that he has somehow acted in a criminal manor. All this well at the edge of a new Presidential election cycle which naturally whips up political rancor.
quiz:
  1. Andrew Johnson 1868
  2. Bill Clinton 1999
  3. ... 2019
[hint: Donald John]
 

bd popeye

The Last Jedi
VIP Professional
The President of the United States is the Head of State, and Commander in Chief. As such his powers are those to set foreign policy and countermand orders of the military.

TNEE, I agree entirely with your post above. I just personally feel that Pres. Trump over stepped the "boundaries" with regard to the Navy SEAL and two Army officers...even though he is empowered to do so. Just my opinion.

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ARABIAN SEA (Nov. 8, 2019) Airman Austin Balsiger (left), Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Michael Frost (center) and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Christopher Gilmore do maintenance on a weapons elevator on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeremiah Bartelt/Released)
 
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