Carrier Group?
Train like you fight. Fight like you train.
The Navy still doesn't get it.
Here's a photo of the recent Reagan and Stennis carrier groups operating together in the Philippine Sea. (1)
Notice the number of escorts? There might be some other escorts detached for side missions but this is consistent with what we've seen over the last couple of decades. We're simply not training like we'll fight. Does anyone really think we'll send carriers into combat with only two escorts? Of course not! So why, then, are we operating with so few escorts? That's not training us for combat. We're not learning how to position, control, and tactically operate a large escort force.
Is a carrier and two escorts even a group? But, I digress.
ComNavOps has stated that carriers will have to operate in groups of four and even this little 'exercise' (more likely just a photo op) has only two carriers - still not like we'll fight. Setting that aside, if we went to the trouble of assembling two carriers, why wouldn't we provide a combat escort and really get some worthwhile training out of it?
The Navy simply isn't serious about combat and, therefore, isn't training for it. There isn't an Admiral in the Navy that has ever commanded a full combat carrier group. We'll pay for this when war comes - and it will.
Train like you fight. Fight like you train.
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(1)USNI News website, "Reagan, Stennis Carrier Strike Groups Conduct Dual Operations In Philippine Sea", Ben Werner, 16-Nov-2018,
https://news.usni.org/2018/11/16/38542
The Navy still doesn't get it.
Here's a photo of the recent Reagan and Stennis carrier groups operating together in the Philippine Sea. (1)
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| Reagan and Stennis Groups |
Notice the number of escorts? There might be some other escorts detached for side missions but this is consistent with what we've seen over the last couple of decades. We're simply not training like we'll fight. Does anyone really think we'll send carriers into combat with only two escorts? Of course not! So why, then, are we operating with so few escorts? That's not training us for combat. We're not learning how to position, control, and tactically operate a large escort force.
Is a carrier and two escorts even a group? But, I digress.
ComNavOps has stated that carriers will have to operate in groups of four and even this little 'exercise' (more likely just a photo op) has only two carriers - still not like we'll fight. Setting that aside, if we went to the trouble of assembling two carriers, why wouldn't we provide a combat escort and really get some worthwhile training out of it?
The Navy simply isn't serious about combat and, therefore, isn't training for it. There isn't an Admiral in the Navy that has ever commanded a full combat carrier group. We'll pay for this when war comes - and it will.
Train like you fight. Fight like you train.
_____________________________________
(1)USNI News website, "Reagan, Stennis Carrier Strike Groups Conduct Dual Operations In Philippine Sea", Ben Werner, 16-Nov-2018,
https://news.usni.org/2018/11/16/38542
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