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Mar 15, 2016 08:58:02   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
Sons of Liberty wrote:
Bad ass indeed. :thumbup:
With all of the cutbacks to our military that dimwit in the WH has done, I'm surprised about this.


Woohoo, I am loven your avi, first..Second, yes, bad ass for sure, third, its been delayed for at least 3-4 yrs because of cut backs, but she is finally going to make it!! Guess there are some things that POS isn't able to do away with..Just like our Country, while he tried, she kicks butt and is a bad ass too!!! ;) ;) :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Mar 15, 2016 09:15:31   #
Sons of Liberty Loc: look behind you!
 
lindajoy wrote:
Woohoo, I am loven your avi, first..Second, yes, bad ass for sure, third, its been delayed for at least 3-4 yrs because of cut backs, but she is finally going to make it!! Guess there are some things that POS isn't able to do away with..Just like our Country, while he tried, she kicks butt and is a bad ass too!!! ;) ;) :thumbup: :thumbup:


God, Guns and Guts are going to keep our America free. "WE" just have to do our part. :thumbup:

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Mar 15, 2016 09:25:23   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
waltmoreno wrote:
Sure. I made a westpac cruise aboard each carrier; the Ticonderoga in '64, (smack in the middle of the Gulf of Tonkin incident), and the Kitty Hawk in '65-'66.
Th Kitty Hawk was almost brand new when I served aboard it and so it was vastly preferable to the aging Ticonderoga.


The history You could speak of!! Always so impressed by you fine elite soldiers of our Country!!!

My great grandfather would on occasion speak of WWII and I was always so amazed in that account of personal experienced history!

Learned more from him than any book could teach me!!

Thank You, walt~~

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Mar 15, 2016 09:26:31   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
Sons of Liberty wrote:
God, Guns and Guts are going to keep our America free. "WE" just have to do our part. :thumbup:


You got it!!!!"We" will...That is what always amazes me...."We" will, not those i***ts sitting on Criminal Hill, that's for sure!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Mar 15, 2016 09:52:07   #
snowbear37 Loc: MA.
 
lindajoy wrote:
GO NAVY!!

Subject: The U.S. Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier will dominate the seas!

The U.S. Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier will dominate the seas!

The shipbuilders are on track to deliver Gerald R. Ford to the U.S. Navy in 2016.

It’s scheduled to be launched this month, and can support laser guns and dynamic armor.

A $13 billion U.S. aircraft carrier is about to hit the open seas.

DCS13-641-46 Newport News Shipbuilding file

It’s the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the most expensive and most advanced warship ever built. The ship was christened in November 2013 and is scheduled to be commissioned this month.

The Naval behemoth can house more than 4,500 people and weighs 90,000 tons. The CVN-78 is the lead ship in the Ford class of aircraft carriers, replacing some of the U.S. Navy’s existing Nimitz-class carriers. At first glance, both classes have a similar-looking hull, but the Ford class introduces a series of technical innovations designed to improve carrier’s operating efficiency, and reduce operating costs and crew requirements.

Instead of conventional steam catapults to launch jets, the supercarrier is outfitted with EMALS (Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System), which is lighter and requires less space. It also needs less maintenance and manpower, and is more reliable and energy-efficient. EMALS can launch an aircraft every 45 seconds, 25% faster than its steam counterpart. Furthermore, since EMALS uses no steam, it’s a suitable candidate for launching drones and other electric vehicles.

The launch system is just a small piece of the CVN-78’s puzzle. The ship has a redesigned and relocated island (the part of the carrier where air-traffic control and the bridge are located), three faster and more powerful elevators (compared with four on Nimitz-class carriers), an Advanced Aircraft Recovery System (AARS) and design changes to the flight deck. Those changes are vital to increasing the number of sorties launched.

The carrier’s sensory array has received an overhaul with the addition of an integrated active electronically scanned array (AESA) search-and-tracking radar system. This new system has no moving parts, so it therefore minimizes maintenance and crew requirements for operation. Further, advanced AESA radars enable the ship and aircraft to broadcast powerful signals while remaining stealthy, which greatly improves combat effectiveness.

Speaking of combat, the carrier is more than capable of holding its own. The Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) defends against high-speed, highly maneuverable anti-ship missiles, and the weapon system of choice is the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM). One must not forget various Gatling and heavy machine gun mounts as well as 75-plus aircraft ready to be launched at any given time.

The CVN-78 has another important advantage over its equivalent Nimitz class carrier: Its power doesn’t come with the price of increased hands on board. In fact, because of the aforementioned technologies, the USS Gerald R. Ford accommodates 2,600 sailors, 600 fewer than a Nimitz-class flat top. This alone saves the Navy more than $4 billion in ownership costs over each ship’s 50-year life, when compared with contemporary Nimitz aircraft carriers.

As expected, the CVN-78 has impressive power. The ship is powered by two Bechtel A1B nuclear reactors, each capable of producing 300 megawatts of electricity, triple that of Nimitz-class reactors. Those changes resulted in a two-thirds reduction of watchstanding requirements and a big decrease in required maintenance.

With great power comes great firepower. Only half of the power-generating capability on the CVN-78 is needed to run currently planned systems, including EMALS. The CVN-78 will thus have the power reserves that the Nimitz class lacks to sport even more futuristic armaments and systems, such as free-electron lasers and dynamic armor, at some point in the future.

The lasers can be fired at just a few dollars per shot and consume around 10 megawatts of power.

As you can see, the USS Gerald R. Ford packs a serious punch — it’s a massive investment in strategic dominance and innovation that, in spite of rising concerns, should provide the U.S. with the upper hand in 21st-century naval warfare.
GO NAVY!! br br Subject: The U.S. Navy’s new $13 ... (show quote)


:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Didn't have anything like that when I was in, but I was in SUBLANT.

GO NAVY!!

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Mar 15, 2016 09:56:47   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
snowbear37 wrote:
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Didn't have anything like that when I was in, but I was in SUBLANT.

GO NAVY!!


WOW, I could not ever be that confined..I would literally flip out...Thank You snowbear for your service as well...

How do you manage those small quarters anyway?? I have always wondered about that?????

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Mar 15, 2016 09:58:03   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
lindajoy wrote:
Good one~!!! Don't they just make there's as needed?? They just take over the country, build a field and wella~~ :shock:


No, that's the Navy again - they use their Seabees ( Construction Battalions ).

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Mar 15, 2016 16:23:11   #
solarkin
 
Squiddiddler wrote:
Old Navy vet here. Thats a big ship wonder if a gps would work on board. Think i would have trouble finding my way around.


So why the heck are we not dominating?
Iran ,China,Russia are all thumbing their noses in our direction.
We have no leadership. I guess.
That would be from the White House.

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Mar 15, 2016 17:24:58   #
Ve'hoe
 
Personally,, I think its r****t,,, that you didnt include the USS obama,,, it should instill fear,,, wherever,, it "backs into port"



lindajoy wrote:
Woohoo, I am loven your avi, first..Second, yes, bad ass for sure, third, its been delayed for at least 3-4 yrs because of cut backs, but she is finally going to make it!! Guess there are some things that POS isn't able to do away with..Just like our Country, while he tried, she kicks butt and is a bad ass too!!! ;) ;) :thumbup: :thumbup:



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Mar 17, 2016 23:52:51   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
Ve'hoe wrote:
Personally,, I think its r****t,,, that you didnt include the USS obama,,, it should instill fear,,, wherever,, it "backs into port"


Are you crazy?? And ruin what is truly American for that POS?? No Thank You Ve'hoe~~~ :wink: :wink:

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Mar 17, 2016 23:57:07   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
lpnmajor wrote:
No, that's the Navy again - they use their Seabees ( Construction Battalions ).


Would you consider these key locations??

United States
Main article: List of United States military bases
Afghanistan - Camp Eggers, Camp Dwyer, Camp Leatherneck, Camp Rhino, Forward Operating Base Delhi, Forward Operating Base Delaram, Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Firebase Fiddler's Green, PB Jaker
Australia - Pine Gap satellite tracking station, Partly run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
Bahrain - United States Fifth Fleet, Naval Support Activity in Juffair, Isa Air Base
Belgium - Chièvres Air Base, Kleine Brogel Air Base
Brazil - United States Naval Support Detachment, São Paulo
British Indian Ocean Territory - Joint UK-U.S. Air/Naval base on Diego Garcia, a territory of the UK
Bulgaria - Aitos Logistics Center, Bezmer Air Base, Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Novo Selo Range
Cuba - Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Djibouti - Camp Lemonnier
Germany - Ramstein Air Base, Spangdahlem Air Base, Panzer Kaserne, about 60 facilities, more than 30,000 personnel[citation needed]
Greece - Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Souda Bay, Crete
Greenland (Denmark territory) - Thule Air Base
Honduras - Soto Cano Air Base, about 600 personnel
Israel - The Port of Haifa maintains facilities for the United States Sixth Fleet, Dimona Radar Facility in Negev
Italy - The home base of U.S. naval ships in the Mediterranean, with some military bases: three Navy bases (Naples, La Maddalena, Gaeta), one Naval Air Station (Sigonella - Catania), one Air Force base (Aviano) and Army bases (Vicenza, Camp Derby - Leghorn) - totalling approximately 23,000 personnel, more than 100 facilities
Japan - more than 50,000 personnel (not including dependants), the United States 7th Fleet, and the 3rd MEF, about 100 facilities many in Okinawa
Kosovo (partially recognized state, disputed by Serbia) - Camp Bondsteel
Kuwait - Ali Al Salem Air Base, Camp Arifjan, Camp Buehring, Kuwait Naval Base
Netherlands - Volkel Air Base
Norway - 426th Air Base Squadron in Stavanger
Oman - RAFO Masirah, RAFO in Thumrait
Portugal - Lajes Field
Qatar - Al Udeid Air Base
Romania
Saudi Arabia - 64th Air Expeditionary Group
Singapore - Paya Lebar Air Base
South Korea - List of United States Army installations in South Korea,[better source needed] 28,500 personnel[better source needed]
Spain - Morón Air Base, Naval Station Rota
Turkey - Incirlik Air Base base in Adana, and Izmir Air Station
United Arab Emirates - Al Dhafra Air Base, Port of Jebel Ali, Fujairah Naval Base
United Kingdom - RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Mildenhall,

As compared to say, Russia??

Armenia - Air base in Yerevan, and a military base in Gyumri (102nd Military Base). Between 3,214[19] and 5,000 personnel deployed.[20] (Different sources cite different numbers.)
Belarus - Volga-type deployed at radar station near Hantsavichy and Baranovichi (operational since 2002).[21][22]Naval communication center near Vileyka.[19] Jet fighters deployment at the 61st air base in Baranovichi.[23]
Georgia - The Russian 4th Military Base has 2 main compounds in the partially recognized state of South Ossetia: one on the northwestern outskirts of Tskhinvali and another in Java. There are also a large number of troops stationed in the Leningor District.[24] Up to 4,000 personnel. Base in the partially recognized state of Abkhazia on the site of the former Bombora airfield near Gudauta (7th Military Base).[24] Up to 4,000 personnel.
Kazakhstan - Dnepr radar station in at Balkhash-9 near Lake Balkhash.[19] Sary Shagan testing grounds.[25] Baikonur Cosmodrome.[26][27] The regiment of the t***sport aviation (Kostanay).
Kyrgyzstan - Air base in Kant, and the Russian Navy's long-haul communications center and anti-submarine torpedo weapons testing ground at Karakol, located on Issyk Kul Lake.
Moldova - Peacekeeping operation group stationed in breakaway state of T***snistria consisting of staff, separate manoeuvres brigades, anti-aircraft missile regiment, independent regiment and air group. (1,500 personnel.)[citation needed]
Syria - Naval facility in Tartus.[28] Russian Air Forces deployment at the Bassel Al-Assad International Airport in Latakia and 600 marines providing security for the airbase[29]
Tajikistan - 201st base of the Ministry of Defense in Dushanbe, Qurghonteppa, Kulob. 7,500 personnel.
Vietnam - Russia has a logistics base in the port of Cam Ranh Bay,Vietnam .[30] Although military presence had been diminishing for several years, in 2013 Russia and Vietnam signed a new military cooperation agreement.[31]

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Mar 18, 2016 00:04:57   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
solarkin wrote:
So why the heck are we not dominating?
Iran ,China,Russia are all thumbing their noses in our direction.
We have no leadership. I guess.
That would be from the White House.


Ask the POS in office, had he the guts to do anything, anything at all but stall, hinder our elite Military and allow them to do their job do you think we would be where we are right now?? Do you think we would be the Super Power we truly are if someone had "lead the fight?"

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Mar 18, 2016 00:11:46   #
Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
 
Sons of Liberty wrote:
Bad ass indeed. :thumbup:
With all of the cutbacks to our military that dimwit in the WH has done, I'm surprised about this.
What we need now is a C-in-C who knows why we have aircraft carriers.

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Mar 18, 2016 01:28:13   #
America Only Loc: From the right hand of God
 
Sons of Liberty wrote:
Bad ass indeed. :thumbup:
With all of the cutbacks to our military that dimwit in the WH has done, I'm surprised about this.


He probably will want to play Golf on the Flight Deck! Hahahah wahahahohohohehehehlolol!

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Mar 18, 2016 01:30:43   #
America Only Loc: From the right hand of God
 
lindajoy wrote:
WOW, I could not ever be that confined..I would literally flip out...Thank You snowbear for your service as well...

How do you manage those small quarters anyway?? I have always wondered about that?????


Lot of us Navy Vets here. Lots of good CONSERVATIVE PATRIOTS that are VETS as well.

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