BY XANDER GAMBLE – MARCH 28, 2012
On any given day, in your Navy, our team of more than 600,000 professional Sailors and Civilians are working together around the globe to perform our mission: deter aggression and, if deterrence fails, win our Nation’s wars. It is not possible to share every aspect of this global team but, through this blog, we offer you a glimpse of what these men and women do.
Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers, left, commander of Naval Air Forces, Adm. Mark Ferguson, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Under Secretary of the Navy Robert O. Work, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, and Rear Adm. Michael W. Hewitt , commander of Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, pose for a photo after a ceremony to formally introduce the P-8A Poseidon into Patrol Squadron (VP) 30 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
120327-N-ED185-205 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 27, 2012) Sailors wash an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is deployed as part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian G. Reynolds/Released)
120325-N-LI693-009 PANAMA CANAL, Panama (March 25, 2012) Diesel electric tractors, called mules after the original method of towing, guide the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) San Diego (LPD 22) as the ship enters Gatun locks, the first in a series of three, during their transit through the Panama Canal. San Diego, the sixth ship in the San Antonio amphibious class, is on her maiden voyage en route to her future homeport and namesake city following construction at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. San Diego will be commissioned in San Diego in May 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Holly Boynton/Released)
120328-N-DB801-462 SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 28, 2012) Gunner's Mate 1st Class Eduardo Soto, right, instructs Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Matthew Rozeboom on firing a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven Khor/Released)
Navy Personnel |
Active Duty: 323,773 |
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Officers: 53,120 |
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Enlisted: 266,146 |
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Midshipmen: 4,507 |
Ready Reserve: 105,157 [As of Feb 2012 ] |
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Selected Reserves: 64,118 |
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Individual Ready Reserve: 41,039 |
Reserves currently mobilized: 4,478 [As of 20 Mar 2012] |
Personnel on deployment: 47,943 |
Navy Department Civilian Employees: 203,609 |
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Ships and Submarines |
Deployable Battle Force Ships: 282 |
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Total Ships Underway: 98 (35% of total) |
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Deployed Ships Underway: 63 (22% of total) |
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Attack Submarines Underway: 33 |
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Other Underway: 35 (12% of total) |
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Total Ships Deployed/Underway: 140 (49% of total) |
Ships Underway |
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Aircraft Carriers: |
USS Enterprise (CVN 65) – port visit Piraeus, GR |
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) – Atlantic Ocean |
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) – port visit Jebel Ali, AE |
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) – 5th Fleet |
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Amphibious Assault Ships: |
USS Peleliu (LHA 5) – Pacific Ocean |
USS Essex (LHD 2) – 7th Fleet |
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) – 7th Fleet |
USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) – Atlantic Ocean |
USS Makin Island (LHD 8) – 5th Fleet |
Aircraft (operational): 3700+ |
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