This slender "nimble" book is a unique keepsake with 20 beautifully printed color images of U.S.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, CVN-72, plus a Matthew Brady picture of her Presidential namesake, her specifications, and highlights from her service history. You should enjoy this book if you like naval history, naval aviation, aircraft carriers, or the 16th President of the Unite States.
Journals are great for writing down ideas, taking notes, writing about travels and adventures, describing good and bad times. Writing down your thoughts and ideas is a great way to relieve stress. Journals are good for the soul!
Journals are great for writing down ideas, taking notes, writing about travels and adventures, describing good and bad times. Writing down your thoughts and ideas is a great way to relieve stress. Journals are good for the soul!
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Carrier Air Wing Two, Carrier Strike Group Nine 2004-2009 operations, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), USS Cape St. George (CG-71), USS Ford (FFG-54), USS Halsey (DDG-97), USS Ingraham (FFG-61), USS Momsen (DDG-92), USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60), USS Shoup (DDG-86), USS Sterett (DDG-104). Excerpt: Carrier Strike Group Nine, abbreviated CSG-9 or CARSTRKGRU 9, is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. It is currently assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Carrier strike groups are employed in a variety of roles, all of which involve gaining and maintaining sea control as well as projecting power ashore. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the group's current flagship, and as of 2012, other group units include Carrier Air Wing Two, the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG-71), and Destroyer Squadron 9: USS Sterett (DDG-104), USS Halsey (DDG-97), USS Momsen (DDG-92), USS Shoup (DDG-86), USS Ingraham (FFG-61), USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60), and USS Ford (FFG-54). Carrier Strike Group Nine was the first strike group to deploy with an entire light anti-submarine helicopter squadron embarked, with individual air detachments operating from escort ships and supported by the carrier. This was significant because previously such squadrons had only operated off the escorts. The group's 2007 Composite Unit Training Exercise pre-deployment training exercise included Mobile Security Squadron 2, and Helicopter Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Team 1, which was a first for the Pacific Fleet. Carrier Strike Group received the Humanitarian Service Medal in recognition of its humanitarian assistance/disaster response efforts in Indonesia during Operation Unified Assistance. USS Coontz flew the flag of the Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 11 from 1 August to 11 November 1962. Effective 30 June 1973, Commander Cruiser...
This illustrated history covers the history of the U.S. Navy in the Middle East. America's interests in the Middle East, southwest Asia, and eastern Africa date almost to the founding of the nation. Since World War II, the Navy has been the first line of defense for these interests. From the establishment of the Middle East Force (MEF) in 1949 through the beginning of the 21st century, the U.S. Navy served as a force for stability and peace in the region.
