Ford, which was commissioned over five years ago and has been over a decade in the making, will deploy for the first time next week on a short, service-retained deployment, Vice Adm.
During the upcoming deployment, which is aimed at giving the ship a chance to find its footing before a more extensive operational deployment next year, Carrier Strike Group 12 will deploy under the control of the chief of naval operations and the command of US 2nd Fleet."When we go out and sail on the high seas, it is a thing just to launch and recover aircraft every single day, to have the battle rhythm of command and control throughout the carrier strike group," the Ford's commanding officer, Capt."We're going to eat three square meals a day, we're going to fly aircraft, we're going to do air defense, we're going to do long-range maritime strike," he further explained.Dwyer said that the deployment "is an opportunity for the Navy to come together with other members of the NATO alliance to exercise and train within the Atlantic and its littorals while testing out advanced technologies on the first new class of US aircraft carrier in more than 40 years.".Gregory Huffman, who will command the Ford Carrier Strike Group on its maiden deployment, told USNI News last year
"Getting the Ford-class out there with its capabilities is basically just going to increase the number of carriers and carrier strike groups that we have available to meet the demands," the admiral said"When you couple that with the projected increase in what the Ford should be able to do," he said, "that's going to just provide the combatant commanders and other folks with just more options and more things at their fingertips that they can use."
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