Today's US Navy Photos & Videos

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 22, 2015) The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) leads a formation during a passing exercise with Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces ships. George Washington is preparing to deploy around South America as a part of Southern Seas 2015. The eighth deployment of its kind, Southern Seas seeks to enhance interoperability, increase regional stability, and build and maintain regional relationships with countries throughout the region through joint, multinational and interagency exchanges and cooperation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Archer/Released)

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WATERS NEAR GUAM (Sept. 23, 2015) Gunner's Mate Seaman Anthony Layton reloads a magazine into a 9mm pistol during a live-fire exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Paolo Bayas/Released)

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NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 23, 2015) Sailors scrub the hull of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) from a rowboat. Dwight D. Eisenhower is conducting regularly scheduled maintenance in its homeport of Norfolk, Va. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class J. E. Veal/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2015) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 prepares to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is underway participating in a composite training exercise in preparation for a future deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class E. M. M. Blair/Released)

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GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 20, 2015) Officers prepare food for the crew during a steel beach picnic on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). Winston S. Churchill is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor L. Jackson/Released)

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Next month, the Navy will open the first of its two ground-based missile interceptor sites, in Deveselu, Romania. A second site, in Redzikowo, Poland, is scheduled to open in 2018. A command center at Ramstein Air Base in Germany will link the system’s components.

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Lezt said:

When I was in Saipan, I think there are 5 fleet replenishment ships stationed at Saipan.

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MARITIME PREPOSITIONING SHIPS - T-AK, T-AKR AND T-AOT

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The Navy's 14 Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) are part of Military Sealift Command's Prepositioning Program. These ships preposition U.S. Marine Corps vehicles, equipment and ammunition throughout the world.

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The MPS are assigned to three Maritime Prepositioning Ship squadrons located in the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean at Diego Garcia and the Western Pacific at Guam and Saipan. The MPS ships in each squadron have sufficient equipment, supplies and ammunition to support a Marine Expeditionary Brigade of about 17,000 personnel for 30 days. The MPS ships are self-sustaining, having cranes which enable them to unload their own cargo. Beginning in 2000 with the delivery of USNS 1st Lt. Harry L. Martin, three additional ships were added to the Maritime Prepositioning Force, adding the capacity to carry expeditionary airfields, Seabee construction equipment and field hospital cargo.

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test bd said:

Those are not Fleet replenishment ships. Those ships are part of the US pre-positioned force. They are loaded with vehicles , munitions and all sorts of war fighting gear in case some sort of conflict in the western Pacific or Indian ocean breaks out. Ships are positioned in Diego Garcia, Guam & Saipan.

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Lezt said:

Thats a fairly powerful deployment, 5X 17,000 troops for 30 days... can easily overrun most states in the region.

They will also be very tempting targets. Have you served on one previously?

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