Saturday, June 23, 2007

USS Enterprise Strike Group Speeding Towards Persian Gulf?

USS Enterprise Strike Group Speeding Towards Persian Gulf?

DEBKAfile has an interesting read that I found from a few days back that I thought you might like to read. It starts off like this... According to DEBKAfile’s military sources, the US naval build-up off the shores of Iran marks rising military tensions in the region, accentuated by last week’s Hamas victory which has endowed Iran with a military foothold on Israel’s southwestern border... The USS Enterprise CVN 65-Big E Strike Group will join the USS Stennis and the USS Nimitz carriers, building up the largest sea, air, marine concentration the United States has ever deployed opposite Iran.
Read the rest below...
A third US carrier, the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise Strike Group is speeding towards the Persian Gulf
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Then again... the Navy has no mention of the USS Enterprise being deployed anywhere at this time.

Status of the Navy as of June 22, 2007
Navy Personnel

Active Duty: 340,212

Officers: 52,461

Enlisted: 284,455

Midshipmen: 3,296
Ready Reserve: 147,850 [As of 18 June]

Selected Reserves: 68,925

Individual Ready Reserve: 78,925
Reserves currently mobilized: 5,102 [As of 13 Jun]
Personnel on deployment: 57,315
Navy Department Civilian Employees: 175,824
Ships and Submarines
Deployable Battle Force Ships: 277

Ships Underway (away from homeport): 133 ships (48% of total)

On deployment: 104 ships (38% of total)

Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 24 submarines (44%)

On deployment: 18 submarines (33%)
Ships Underway

Carriers:
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - Coral Sea
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - Arabian Gulf
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) - Arabian Gulf

Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG):
USS Bataan (LHD 5) - Red Sea
USS Bohomme Richard (LHD 6) - Arabian Gulf

Amphibious Warfare Ships:
USS Wasp (LHD 1) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Essex (LHD 2) - Coral Sea
USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Juneau (LPD 10) - Coral Sea
USS Tortuga (LSD 10) - Coral Sea
USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Rushmore (LSD 47) - North Arabian Gulf

Aircraft (operational): 4000+
Info taken from the NAVY.mil website

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