Carrier strike groups test new Fleet Response Plan

Carrier strike groups test new Fleet Response Plan

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=23326

{EXCERPT} , By Scott Schonauer, Stars and Stripes European edition,
Sunday, July 18, 2004

ABOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE — American and allied naval forces in the
eastern Atlantic Ocean have wrapped up a six-day exercise designed to
practice maritime teamwork and test the ability to rapidly deploy.

The U.S. Navy ordered seven carrier strike groups out to sea in June
as part of its new Fleet Response Plan, a strategy aimed at making a
large number of ships available on a moment’s notice.

The USS Enterprise and USS Harry S. Truman carriers and accompanying
ships and submarines cruised to the eastern Atlantic off the coast of
Morocco to join ships from nine other nations as part of NATO-led
Medshark/Majestic Eagle ’04. The multinational drill was the final
portion of Summer Pulse ’04, a first-of-its-kind exercise involving
the deployment of more than three-quarters of the U.S. Navy’s 12
carriers.

The Navy...

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