Military


Where are the Carriers?

"When word of a crisis breaks out in Washington, it's no accident that
the first question that comes to everyone's lips is:
'Where's the nearest carrier?
'"

President Bill Clinton
March 12, 1993
aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt


Carrier Strike Groups
Carrier Task Force
Amphibious Ready Groups

FRP - Fleet Response Plan
IDTC - Inter-Deployment Training Cycle

References

Status Color Code
DEPLOYED Pre-Deployment Workup Post Deployment In Overhaul Building

Fleet Response Plan [FRP] Progression

Evolution CarrierDates





Forward
Deployed
CV-63 Kitty Hawk [news]
09 Sep 2007 - EX Malabar - Bay of Bengal
Deployed CVN-68 Nimitz
CVN-65 Enterprise
[news]
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10 Sep 2007 - South China Sea
12 Aug 2007 - Persian Gulf
Surge Ready CVN-75 Truman
CVN-69 Eisenhower
CVN-72 Lincoln
[news]
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21 Aug 2007 - Atlantic, Carrier Quals
17 Aug 2007 - WestLant, Carrier Quals
20 Aug 2007 - Everett, post TSTA/FEP
Post-Deployed CVN-76 Reagan
CVN-74 Stennis
[news]
[news]
30 Apr 2007 - Returned North Island
31 Aug 2007 - Returned to Bremerton
Maintenance CVN-73 Washington
CVN-71 Roosevelt
CVN-70 Vinson


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30 Aug 2007 - WestLant sea trials
07 Mar 2007 - Entered 9 month PIA
12 Jul 2007 - RCOH, ends late-2008


Building PCU-77 George H.W. Bush 08 Oct 2006 - christened
PCU-78 Gerald Ford 16 Jan 2007 - named