Status of the Navy
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 21:29:07 -0500
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>From: Tom Robison
>Subject: Status of the Navy
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>NNS3519. Status of the Navy, 21 Aug 1997:
>Personnel:
>394,935 active duty
>56,725 officer
>334,210 enlisted
>4,000 midshipmen
>209,419 civilians
>226,003 Ready Reserve Force:
>96,340 SELRES/129,663 IRR
>Aircraft: 4,698
>Ships: 353
>Underway: 178 ships (50%)
>Deployed: 112 ships (32%)
> 50,485 personnel
>Exercises: 4
>Port Visits: 13
>SSNs at Sea 33 (45%)
>Carriers/Airwings at Sea:
> USS John F. Kennedy (CVW-8): ops, Red Sea
> USS Constellation (CVW-2): transit, Indian Ocean
> USS John C. Stennis: ops, west Atlantic
> USS Enterprise: ops, west Atlantic
> USS George Washington: JTFEX, Western Atlantic
> USS Dwight D. Eisenhower: ops, western Atlantic
>LHAs/LHDs/LPHs/MCS at Sea:
> USS Boxer/15th MEU: transit, Indian Ocean
> USS Kearsarge: port visit, Rota, Spain
> USS Tarawa: ops, east Pacific
> USS Wasp: ops, west Atlantic
> USS Nassau: ops, west Atlantic
> USS Guam: JTFEX, west Atlantic
> USS Inchon: transit, west Atlantic
>Ships assigned to the Middle East Force:
> USS Ardent, USS Dextrous, USS Thorn, USS Nicholas, USS
>Rentz, USS Stethem, USS David R. Ray
>Ships assigned to the South Atlantic Force:
> USS Comte De Grasse, USS DeWert, USS Whidbey Island,
>USS Zephyr, USS Squall, USS Sand Lance, USCGC Harriet Liane
>Other Exercises/Operations:
> UNIFIED SPIRIT, west Atlantic
> SOUTHERN WATCH/MIO, Arabian Gulf
> COUNTER DRUG OPS, Caribbean/East Pacific
> SHARK HUNT, Mediterranean
> RESCUE EAGLE, Black Sea
>Information source:
>OPNAV Staff; OCPM
> -USN-
>
>
>Tom Robison
>Ossian, Indiana
>tcrobi@mindspring.com