"USS ‘George H.W. Bush’ has been busy" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Dec 2014 9:40 p.m. PST |
"On Nov. 15, hundreds of people gathered in Norfolk, Virginia to welcome home the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush from a long stint chasing hijackers, bombing insurgents and trying to intimidate Russia. Lasting nine months and covering more than 73,000 miles, it was an unusually lengthy cruise for a supercarrier. Traditionally, American flattops sail for just six months at a time. But with the Pentagon's budget tightening and the world still a dangerous place, such long and eventful deployments could become the norm. At the start of 2014, the sailors of the Bush strike group—which also included dozens of aircraft, two destroyers and a cruiser—probably didn't imagine their voyage would be anything out of the ordinary…"
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| Charlie 12 | 02 Dec 2014 10:50 p.m. PST |
And keep up those 9 month deployments, and you can kiss goodbye any high reenlistment numbers. |
| Lion in the Stars | 03 Dec 2014 11:30 a.m. PST |
? 9 month deployments used to be standard. |
| latto6plus2 | 03 Dec 2014 1:06 p.m. PST |
That's a long time for seamen to be on the Bush |
| Buck215 | 03 Dec 2014 2:16 p.m. PST |
And the real George H.W. Bush has been very busy jumping out of perfectly good airplanes on his birthday… |
| Charlie 12 | 04 Dec 2014 8:17 p.m. PST |
9 month deployments haven't been standard for some time. 6 months is the goal (but how often its hit is another matter altogether). |
| Mako11 | 07 Dec 2014 4:34 p.m. PST |
I imagine that cruises will extend significantly, as the carrier force dwindles in number. |
| Lion in the Stars | 07 Dec 2014 7:46 p.m. PST |
@latto6plus2: The usual first assignment to a seagoing command is ~3 years, or at least it was 10 years ago. *My* first sea tour would have been 4 years if I hadn't gotten hurt. |
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