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Road to 350: What Does the US Navy Do Anyway?
- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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This branch takes the cake as the US militaryâs fattest
22 percent of personnel in one branch are reportedly obese.
www.militarytimes.com
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But that same article claims that over 60 percent of all branches are overweight by BMI.This branch takes the cake as the US militaryâs fattest
22 percent of personnel in one branch are reportedly obese.
Presented without comment.
Seems it just goes to show that BMI doesn't seem to do a good job of determining the difference between muscle weight and fat weight.
Acting SECNAV Modly wants a 355 ship Navy within the next decade. Though his version includes unmanned craft, so not as far fetched from a manning perspective.
Acting SECNAV Modly Puts a Ten-Year Clock on Reaching 355 Ship Navy
Acting SECNAV Modly Puts a Ten-Year Clock on Reaching 355 Ship Navy
How about 100? 100 is a nice number, rolls easily off the tongue.
The 100-Ship Navy - War on the Rocks
Naval officers pray at the altar of “more ships.” We demand more of them, fantasize about new ways to use them, and assume that the fleet will only grow.
warontherocks.com
Laughable, IMHO.How about 100? 100 is a nice number, rolls easily off the tongue.
The 100-Ship Navy - War on the Rocks
Naval officers pray at the altar of “more ships.” We demand more of them, fantasize about new ways to use them, and assume that the fleet will only grow.warontherocks.com
There's already a thread for that.
Don’t hikack my nearly meaningless thread with another nearly meaningless thread.
The Pentagon is eyeing a 500-ship Navy, documents reveal
The Pentagon is weighing a dramatically different fleet that relies heavily on unmanned ships and submarines.
www.defensenews.com
Not quite, but it is banned by SECNAVINST 1610.2A.
The road to 350 is now a road to 500, including all of the unmanned surface and undersea platforms.The Pentagon is eyeing a 500-ship Navy, documents reveal
The Pentagon is weighing a dramatically different fleet that relies heavily on unmanned ships and submarines.
SECDEF Esper Calls for 500-Ship Fleet by 2045, With 3 SSNs a Year and Light Carriers Supplementing CVNs - USNI News
This post has been updated to include additional information from Secretary Esper’s rollout of Battle Force 2045. Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced a new future fleet plan for the Navy that would grow the attack submarine force, supplement nuclear-powered aircraft carriers with light...
news.usni.org
SECDEF Esper Calls for 500-Ship Fleet by 2045, With 3 SSNs a Year and Light Carriers Supplementing CVNs
Thought this part was interesting:
"Second, Esper stated that nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would remain the most visible deterrence on the seas, but he said a new future air wing would have to be developed to increase their range and lethality, and that light carriers would have to supplement the Nimitz- and Ford-class supercarriers to help achieve greater day-to-day presence while preserving limited CVN readiness, which has been strained recently by overuse and backups at maintenance yards. Up to six light carriers, possibly based on the America-class amphibious assault ship design, would operate both instead of and alongside the CVNs."
Will be interesting to see if this means more big deck gators and/or how it affects the Marine Corps deployments if the big deck gators are going to be pressed into constant service as light carriers.
Still don’t see how CVLs are going to have any kind of bang for the buck without organic EA (I mean real EA like ALQ-99/ALQ-249, not that “MAGTF EW” bullshit) and organic AEW. Otherwise, you’d better hope you’re in range of CFACC assets, and that those reservists in the NALE fought tooth and nail to get you what you needed . . .
Otherwise it seems like 3/4 of the price to get half the capability.
Otherwise it seems like 3/4 of the price to get half the capability.