Pyle: Red Sea Operations Demonstrate Importance of Trainers for Surface Community

Sailors train on a navigation simulator at the Mariner Skills Training Center Pacific in San Diego, Calif., on Feb 13, 2023. USNI News Photo

The decade-long $6 billion investment in live, virtual and constructive training for the surface community is paying dividends in the Red Sea, the Navy’s director of surface warfare said Tuesday.

Instead of “figuring out on the fly” how to apply “defense in depth,” as USS Mason (DDG-87) had to do when attacked by two cruise missiles in the Red Sea in 2016,...

https://news.usni.org/2024/05/15/pyle-red-sea-operations-demonstrate-importance-of-trainers-for-surface-community

Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Now in the Mediterranean Sea

Ens. Hunter Riportella relays information from the bridge aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87) during a vertical replenishment with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) while the ships operate in support of Operation Prosperity Guardian (OPG) in the Red Sea, Jan. 8, 2024. US Navy Photo

After almost four months on station in the Red Sea, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and USS Gravely (DDG-107) transited the Suez Canal on...

https://news.usni.org/2024/04/26/carrier-uss-dwight-d-eisenhower-now-in-the-mediterranean-sea

Navies swat down Houthi missile onslaught

The U.S. Navy and the U.K. Royal Navy have shot down a barrage of Houthi missile and drone attacks launched towards international shipping lanes in the Red Sea by Houthis this morning,

Following the Houthi missile onslaught, U.S. Central Command released the following statement:

HMS DIAMOND, along with US warships, has repelled the largest attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea to date.

Destroying multiple attack drones with her guns and sea viper missiles. pic.twitter.com/kFjFKj6...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/navies-swat-down-houthi-missile-onslaught/

USNI News 2020 Fleet and Marine Review

When 2020 closed, the Navy’s aircraft carrier forces spent a collective 896 days deployed across the world – 200 more days than in 2019. As reported by USNI News in November, the carrier force has been under strain over the last 20 years, and the use of the force accelerated in 2020. Likewise, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps amphibious ready groups and Marine expeditionary units saw deployments to the Western Pacific and U.S. Central Command.

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Carrier Lincoln Days Away From Longest Deployment Since Vietnam War; In Hawaii Now

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) breaks away from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) after escorting Lincoln through the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. Chancellorsville is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. US Navy photo.

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and its air wing are pulling into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, today, in the last leg of a...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/08/carrier-lincoln-days-away-from-longest-deployment-since-vietnam-war-in-hawaii-now

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Nov. 12, 2019

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Nov. 12, 2019, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:291Ships Underway

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493180

Ships Deployed by Fleet

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https://news.usni.org/2019/11/12/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-nov-12-2019

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Nov. 4, 2019

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Nov. 4, 2019, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:291Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
523183

Ships Deployed by Fleet

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https://news.usni.org/2019/11/04/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-nov-4-2019

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 28, 2019

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Oct. 28, 2019, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:290Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
503585

Ships Deployed by Fleet

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https://news.usni.org/2019/10/28/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-oct-28-2019

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 21, 2019

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Oct. 21, 2019, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:290Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
542377

Ships Deployed by Fleet

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https://news.usni.org/2019/10/21/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-oct-21-2019

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 15, 2019

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Oct. 15, 2019, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:290Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
502474

Ships Deployed by Fleet

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https://news.usni.org/2019/10/15/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-oct-15-2019

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