THE WAR MACHINE IS CRANKING UP!

by Reality_check, Thursday, May 27, 2004, 21:53

The imperfect storm...

US war ships headed for deployment in the WESTERN PACFIC!. What is in the Western Pacific? KOREA!

Also look at this huge list of other recent deployments...

Carrier Group Leaves On Deployment
Ships Are Not Scheduled To Support Operations In Iraq
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3339032/detail.html

HUGE NAVAL STRIKE GROUP IS DEPLOYED! Western Pacific
(1) Aircraft carrier Stennis (CSG)
(2) Guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57)
(3) Burke-class destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83)
(4) Guided-missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54)
(5) Fast-attack submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716)
(6) Replenishment ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7)
Also
(7) amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood
(8) amphibious transport dock ship Denver
(9) amphibious transport dock ships Comstock
(10-11) Burke-class guided missile destroyers Preble and Hopper --

will depart next month.
(12) USS Tucson Departs on Western Pacific Deployment
(13) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell

Also: USS McCampbell (DDG 85) departed May 5 for its first
deployment. The ship and its crew are headed to Southeast Asia in support of a Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) cruise. McCampbell will be conducting joint naval exercises with the countries of Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Also: Twenty Royal Navy ships, led by HMS Invincible, are heading
off to take part in the exercise called Rapid Alliance, which is taking place off the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Article: Marines Take off for Naval Exercise with U.S.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2918574

Mediterranean Sea Surface Strike Group deployment:
(14) Guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61)
(15) Guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71),
(16) Guided-missile frigate USS Elrod (FFG 55)

USS John C. Stennis Strike Group Deploys for Pacific Operations
More than 6,200 Sailors from the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed from San Diego May 24 to conduct operations in the Eastern and Western Pacific for joint and combined operations in support of the global war on terrorism, and to carry out assignments as directed by the nation’s leaders.

The Stennis CSG includes the aircraft carrier Stennis, the Aegis-equipped guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), guided-missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54), Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716) and the replenishment ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7). All of the ships of the Stennis CSG are homeported in San Diego, with the exception of USS Ford (FFG 54), homeported in Everett, Wash., and USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7), homeported in Bremerton, Wash.

Stennis is the flagship for Commander, Carrier Group 7, Rear Adm.
Patrick Walsh. On deployment, Stennis is also home to Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, commanded by Capt. John Christenson, and Commander, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14,
commanded by Capt. Scott Swift.

Capt. David Buss of Lancaster, Penn., commands Stennis at the center of the strike group. The ship carries approximately 3 million gallons of fuel for 70 aircraft and three escort
ships, and enough weapons and stores for extended operations without replenishment. The massive flight deck covers 4.5 acres and looms almost seven stories above the water.
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13467

USS John C. Stennis Strike Group Deploys for Pacific Operations:
Navy-Marine strike group leaves on 6-month deployment:
More than 5,000 sailors and Marines with the Belleau Wood
Expeditionary Strike Group will leave San Diego Thursday for
a six-month deployment in support of the war on terrorism
The amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood and the amphibious
transport dock ships Denver and Comstock will depart from 32nd
Street Naval Station beginning at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. "It is the
first time an expeditionary strike group will be commanded by a Marine general, according to the Navy.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/05/27/military/20_54_265_26_04.txt

"The Army begins a major staging operation today at the port to ship equipment to southwest Asia." Article: Army to ship vehicles overseas via Olympia:
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20040520/topstories/54346.shtml

Offical explanation: Strike Group Deploys Early To Help Quell
Insurgiency "The plan was developed to train naval forces for quick response to crises and in support of national interests."
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/militaryconnection/3351632/detail.html

Ford heads to sea Frigate's crew departs for 4 months
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/04/05/27/loc_ford001.cfm

USS Tucson Departs on Western Pacific Deployment
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13418

Surface Strike Group Ships Deploy From Norfolk
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13096

"coastal patrol ships Typhoon and Sirocco prepared to leave port at the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base Friday to relieve two sister ships" http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=69752&ran=237692

ROTA, Spain (NNS) -- USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) accompanied patrol
boats USS Typhoon (PC 5) and USS Sirocco (PC 6) on their journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Naval Station Rota, Spain, and arrived in port with the two PCs May 12.
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13328

Related:

George Washington Strike Group to Deploy Story Number: NNS040113-05 Release Date: 1/13/2004 4:15:00 PM http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=11374

"Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell will leave at 10 a.m. Tuesday with a crew of more than 330 sailors for the Western Pacific." "guided missile frigate USS Crommelin will leave Pearl Harbor at 9:30 a.m. with a crew of more than 225 sailors for a counter-drug-trafficking mission in South America.
http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2004/05/10/daily10.html?jst=b_ln_hl

USS Columbia Returns from Surge Deployment to Western Pacific
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13281

USS Kitty Hawk Returns from Deployment
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13470

Kitty Hawk patrol to expire in 2008
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=21337&archive=true

USS Cole returns to VA after 6-month deployment
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1901557

(Falklands-Malvinas Tuesday, 11 May)
Ships return from South Atlantic. "Ice patrol ship HMS Endurance
ventured further south than ever before during work periods off
Antarctica, while Type 42 destroyer HMS Glasgow steamed 28,000 miles protecting the UK’s interests in the region and carrying out goodwill visits to a number of ports.
http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=3643

"The United States maintains nearly 40,000 troops in South Korea to serve as a deterrent against North Korea's military, which numbers more than one million."
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=95DBFD4D-9A99-4F71-AB197C5AADAE1BA2

Chilly response to U.S. plan to deploy forces in the Strait of
Malacca "Admiral Thomas Fargo, saying that American counter terrorism forces might be deployed in the Malacca Strait has sparked a wave of angry responses from Indonesia and Malaysia"
http://www.iags.org/n0524042.htm

-THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES-
http://www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=362&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Sailors To Guard Kuwaiti Ports
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_sailors_052404,00.html

10 Naval gunboats readied for May 10 ZAMBOANGA CITY -
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?section=PROVINCIAL&oid=50391

I am sure there is more to be found on this string, but I couldn't take any more at the moment!