Download or read book Navy Carrier Battle Groups written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Carrier Battle Group written by Stephen F. Tomajczyk and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to prowling the high seas with an awesome air arsenal, each of the U.S. Navy's $5 billion aircraft carriers is accompanied by an armada of vessels that comprise the carrier battle group. Three destroyers, two cruisers, two nuclear attack submarines, one military tanker, one ammunition supply ship, and more than six dozen aircraft allow nothing to enter the sky above or the sea below them for thousands of square miles around. The individual roles of each aircraft and vessel -- as well as how they act together to protect the carrier -- are explained and depicted in exclusive action photography.

Download or read book Navy Carrier Battle Groups written by Norman J. Rabkin and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-02 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy's Carrier Battle Groups (CBG) have traditionally supported the national defense strategy by providing overseas presence and a crisis response capability. This report discusses the policy, operational, and force structure aspects of CBG and provides possible alternatives for meeting national security requirements with fewer carriers. The Navy plans to reduce the force to 12 active carriers and an aviation training carrier by the end of FY 1995. The Navy intends to replace its conventional carriers with nuclear carriers on a one to one basis to maintain a 12 active carrier force.

Download or read book Carrier written by Tom Clancy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-02-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are floating cities with crews of thousands. They are the linchpins of any military strategy, for they provide what has become the key to every battle fought since World War I: air superiority. The mere presence of a U.S. naval carrier in a region is an automatic display of strength that sends a message no potential enemy can ignore. Now, Tom Clancy welcomes you aboard for a detailed look at how these floating behemoths function. With his trademark style and eye for detail, Clancy brings you naval combat strategy like no one else can.Carrier includes: * Takeoffs and landings: flying into the danger zone * The aircraft onboard: their range, their power, their weaponry * The role of the carrier in modern naval warfare * Exclusive photographs, illustrations and diagrams Plus: An interview with the U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jay Johnson

Download or read book Carrier Battle Group written by Stephen F. Tomajczyk and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to prowling the high seas with an awesome air arsenal, each of the U.S. Navy's $5 billion aircraft carriers is accompanied by an armada of vessels that comprise the carrier battle group. Three destroyers, two cruisers, two nuclear attack submarines, one military tanker, one ammunition supply ship, and more than six dozen aircraft allow nothing to enter the sky above or the sea below them for thousands of square miles around. The individual roles of each aircraft and vessel -- as well as how they act together to protect the carrier -- are explained and depicted in exclusive action photography.

Download or read book Navy Carrier Battle Groups The Structure and Affordability of the Future Force written by GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIV. and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aircraft carrier battle groups are the centerpiece of the Navy's surface force and significantly influence the size, composition, and cost of the fleet. The annualized cost to acquire, operate, and support a single Navy carrier battle group is now about $1.5 billion and will continue to increase. As defense funding declines and defense expenditures come under increased scrutiny, attention will be focused on the size and affordability of the carrier force. GAO developed information on options that policymakers may consider when deciding on the size and makeup of future naval forces, particularly the number of carriers, required to meet our national security goals in times when defense spending is being reduced. The Navy's carrier battle groups have traditionally supported the national defense strategy by providing overseas presence and a crisis response capability. Carrier battle groups consist of the carrier, its air wing of about 80 aircraft, and about 9 escort ships, including surface combatants, attack submarines, and logistics support ships. Several other ships and aircraft provide logistics and training support. At the beginning of fiscal year 1993, the Navy had seven conventional- and seven nuclear-powered carriers in its active force and an aviation training carrier. The 14 active carriers allowed for near-continuous overseas presence of at least one carrier battle group in each of the Mediterranean Sea, western Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean/ Arabian Sea regions. Only about 25 percent of the carriers are deployed overseas at any one time because of maintenance, training, and personnel policies.

Download or read book Carrier 15 Enemies written by Keith Douglass and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-08-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When tensions rise between Greece and the breakaway republic of Macedonia, “Tombstone” Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are sent to maintain the peace, but wind up facing a rogue Greek officer who has decided to end the conflict with open war.

Download or read book Military in Norfolk Virginia written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Camp Allen, Carrier Strike Group Eight, Carrier Strike Group Ten, Carrier Strike Group Twelve, Carrier Strike Group Two, Naval Station Norfolk, United States Armed Forces School of Music, United States Fleet Forces Command. Excerpt: Carrier Strike Group Twelve, abbreviated CSG-12 or CARSTRKGRU 12, is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group currently assigned to the United States Fleet Forces Command. U.S. Navy carrier strike groups are employed in a variety of roles, all of which involve gaining and maintaining sea control as well as projecting power ashore. The current group flagship is the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), which completed its 25 and final operational deployment prior to its scheduled decommissioning on 1 December 2012. Other units assigned to the strike group as of 2012 include Carrier Air Wing One, Destroyer Squadron 2, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG-69) which is also scheduled to be decommissioned following the strike group's 2012 deployment. Effective 30 June 1973, Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Eight was re-designated as Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group Eight (CCDG-8). Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group 8 subsequently served as the Immediate Superior-in-Command (ISIC) for the Saratoga, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Theodore Roosevelt carrier battle groups which participated in such post-Cold War missions as Operation Southern Watch and Operation Deny Flight. In the Summer of 1992, the U.S. Navy instituted a concept which mandated greater task group integration of naval air and surface warfare assets into a more permanent carrier battle group structure. Instead of routinely changing the cruisers, destroyers, and frigates assigned to each carrier battle group, there was an attempt made to affiliate certain escorts more permanently with the carriers they...

Download or read book Carrier 16 Joint Operations written by Keith Douglass and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPECIAL DOUBLE-ACTION EDITION CARRIER joins forces with SEAL TEAM SEVEN! Book Sixteen in the Acclaimed Naval Aviation Series While Admiral Tombstone and his men are enjoying a little R & R in Hawaii, China prepares their Rising Sun vessel for a surprise attack on U.S. soil—or rather, sand. The beach explodes into devastation—and the Carrier team can’t handle it alone. But as Tombstone and his fleet take charge of the air, Lieutenant Murdock and his SEALs are called in to work ashore. With this kind of pickup team, China doesn’t have a chance. And the Rising Sun is going to set and sink—once and for all…

Download or read book Carriers written by Antony Preston and published by Smithmark Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of these ships from 1945.

Download or read book Carrier 19 First Strike written by Keith Douglass and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-12-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Nineteen in the Acclaimed Naval Aviation Series Though the Soviet Union has long been disbanded, a group of radical hard-line Russian military officers refuses to end the Cold War without one last blast. They’ve taken over an airfield in Bermuda—and are ready to launch a nuclear attack on the United States. The Russian government, hoping to maintain their precarious position in the new world order, would like to handle the crisis on their own. But desperate situations call for desperate action. Tombstone MacGruder and the Carrier Battle Group are called in to take the airfield out before the missiles are launched. And if they don’t nail the nukes in time, the U.S. may lose the Cold War after all…

Download or read book Carrier 17 The Art of War written by Keith Douglass and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Persian Gulf has always been a hot spot for big trouble, and it’s getting hotter by the minute. An extremist faction of Iranian militants has decided to take the first bloody step towards toppling the decadent west, and bringing the world under their fanatical heel. Deep in the desert, a secret cache of technology and weaponry has lain dormant—waiting for the time to strike. That time is now. On maneuvers in the Persian Gulf, Admiral “Tombstone” Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are the first to realize the global danger the militants pose, the first to come under deadly fire—and the only ones who can stop the madmen cold...

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Aircraft Carriers written by C. A. Mobley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a guide to modern nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and discusses the history of aircraft carriers from their development during World War I and their role in the Pacific Theater during World War II, to their present-day status as the front line of American defense.

Download or read book The Carrier Battle Group Force An Operator s Perspective written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of World War II, Carrier Battle Groups have been used as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy. Over the years, they have evolved to provide the National Command Authority with a wide choice of response options. This evolutionary process, facilitated by the normal personnel rotations and capability upgrades that occur between deployments, allows a Battle Group to become essentially a "new and improved" version of itself for each successive deployment. The Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group (TRBATGRU), a product of this process, successfully participated in two combat operations during deployment: Operation Allied Force/Noble Anvil and Operation Southern Watch. This paper highlights TRBATGRU's experience integrating operators and systems to meet a dynamic set of operational requirements. Specifically discussed are two systems that had significant operational impact: SIPRNET (a secure shipboard Internet-like information network) and PGMs (precision guided munitions). The operator's perspective on system development and usage is examined in order to identify insights into new Battle Group system development and design considerations.

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Download or read book U S Navy Aircraft Carriers written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-05 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore America's fleet of aircraft carriers with this unique report featuring details about these awesome machines and their storied history. This massive compilation also includes the latest Navy Program Guide document, providing an overview of key systems, programs, and initiatives of the Navy. Contents include: Carrier battle group information, the carrier air wing (FA-18 squadrons, S-3 squadron, EA-6B squadron, E-2C squadron, helicopter squadron), flight operations, complete list of all aircraft carriers from the USS Langley to the newly named USS John F. Kennedy, news about the Electromagnetic Launch and Recovery Equipment (EMALS), the rich history of carriers - escort carriers, World War II years, post-War 1945-49, Korea in the 1950s, space support and the Vietnam war, and more. Included in this reproduction is the complete text of the Naval Historical Center document, Evolution of Aircraft Carriers. Contents of this impressive history report: The Aeroplane Goes To Sea, Decisions Out Of Jutland, Langley, Lex And Sara, Carriers From The Keel, Flattops In The War Games, Last Of The Fleet Problems, The Japanese Developments, The Early Attack Carriers, Emergence Of The Escort Carriers, CVB's: The Battle Carriers, The End Of The 'Bokubokan' In WW II, The Wartime European Carriers, The Turbulent Post-War Years, CVA's Built To Meet Modern Needs. This collection, based on information gathered from many official sources, provides an interesting account of how and why the carrier developed as it did. It is the story behind the perhaps better known tale of carrier operations. It is the story of change--change dictated by operational necessity and by technological progress. It is also the story of how naval constructors took full advantage of technological progress, and the lessons learned of operational experience to solve the Navy's unique problem of taking aviation to sea. As a result of their efforts and the constant improvement of tactics necessary to weld sea and air power together, the air craft carrier stands today at the forefront of Naval power, ready and able to defend the nation and to project national interests to all parts of the world.

Download or read book Enabling the Carrier Strike Group written by Daniel Gouré and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group (CSG) is the most powerful, mobile and flexible aggregation of military capability in the 21st Century. Maneuverability is essential to the CSG's ability to secure sea lines of communications, opening them to friendly forces and closing them to adversaries. The key to the effectiveness of the carrier strike group is its ability to persist in the right place at the right time. This requires that the CSG maintain operational maneuverability. Maneuverability allows for both tactical flexibility and stealthiness. The ability to remain at sea in an operationally useful maneuver box depends on long-range, high volume, reliable logistics support. If the CSG can 'see' and strike at great distance without being targeted in return and simultaneously remain within range of its logistics support base, it will be able to perform whatever mission is assigned it. The ability of the carrier strike group to achieve operational maneuverability is challenged today perhaps as never before. Even as the CSG fights to maintain a position within striking range of its targets it will have to contend with the growing long-range threats to its survival. The effectiveness of the carrier strike group is often associated with its ability to conduct airstrikes. While this is critical, equally important is the CSG's ability to use its maneuverability to deny targeting to an adversary. For this to happen, the battle group must see threats at sufficient distance to defeat them and remain sufficiently close to the target while being continuously available for resupply. This condition is dependent on the presence of two vital enablers, the E-2 Hawkeye surveillance aircraft and the C-2A Greyhound carrier onboard delivery aircraft. For a CSG to operate with maximum flexibility and freedom of maneuver, both offensively and defensively, it must have the long range detection, tracking and situational awareness provided by the new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and the long-range, time-critical resupply provided by the C-2.