"What the Truman Deployment Says About Unpredictability" Topic
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Tango01 | 31 Jul 2018 1:10 p.m. PST |
"The recent three-month deployment of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has been heralded as an example of "operational unpredictability." We applaud this surprisingly short deployment and propose more of this " Break the Mold " concept articulated by Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly and Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William Moran at the U. S. Naval War College in March of this year. In the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. Navy and Soviet Navy competed against one another on a daily basis around the world. The two sides settled into routines. Each had yearly exercises, and in many cases the exercises were predictable in time and location, thus allowing the other side to anticipate and react in a foreseeable manner. During Secretary of the Navy John Lehman's tenure, however, the Navy "livened up" the exercise program (see Secretary Lehman's recent book, Oceans Ventured ) and surprised the Soviets with new operations in new places that made our Cold War adversary nervous…." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
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