Navy to move Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier to Japan next year
Source: Los Angeles Times
Navy to move Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier to Japan next year
By David S. Cloud
January 14, 2014, 6:53 p.m.
WASHINGTON - The Navy said Tuesday it would move the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan from San Diego to Japan next year so another carrier could come home for maintenance.
The shuffle will allow the Navy to keep one carrier deployed in the western Pacific, where tensions have flared in recent months over a tiny Japanese-controlled island chain also claimed by China.
"The security environment in [Asia] requires that the U.S. Navy station the most capable ships forward," the Navy's Pacific Fleet said in a statement. "This posture allows the most rapid response times possible."
The Reagan's home port will be the Yokusuka naval base in Japan, replacing the George Washington, which will move to Norfolk, Va., for refueling of its nuclear reactor.
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Demeter
(85,373 posts)can they forget about naming any other ship with such a name?
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Demeter
(85,373 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)ctsnowman
(1,903 posts)China an aircraft carrier is useless. Let's cut Social Security to pay for this BS.
Turbineguy
(37,206 posts)About the time Fukushima blew up I was in a Ft Lauderdale Publix paying for some groceries with my USAA credit card. The very nice elderly cashier proudly told me that her Nephew was serving on the John F Kennedy. I quipped "I'd rather be on the Kennedy than the Ronald Reagan!". She looked at me funny and little did I know....
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)House and Senate lawmakers want answers on whether U.S. sailors received high doses of radiation while supporting humanitarian operations in Japan following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
In the fiscal 2014 omnibus budget bill, lawmakers direct Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Jonathan Woodson to provide Congress a full accounting of those who served on the carrier Ronald Reagan during the operation and any medical problems they later developed.
A group of sailors has filed suit against Tokyo Electric Power Co., alleging they suffered health issues as a result of exposure to radiation leaked from the company-owned Fukushima nuclear power plant when it had a meltdown after the earthquake and subsequent tidal wave.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, has 71 plaintiffs with ailments ranging from leukemia and thyroid problems to eye diseases and polyps.
http://www.navytimes.com/article/20140114/NEWS/301140016/Lawmakers-seek-data-sailors-exposure-Fukushima-radiation
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)and really nothing to gain by strutting their big dicks.
china is running out of water,japan is running out of power,and the usa is running out of money.