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Article: Navy experimenting with new deployment practices.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- October 22, 2003
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Byline: James Janega
WASHINGTON _ Hoping to double the forces it can send to hot spots around the world, the U.S. Navy has begun experimenting with deployments of small strike groups of surface and amphibious ships that will reduce the Navy's reliance on its heavily-used aircraft carrier fleet.
The Navy also plans to dramatically overhaul the schedule for deploying troops on ships, reducing the time between deployments and creating a less predictable schedule.
Officials have characterized the plans as a means to grow more responsive to unpredictable and more numerous threats in a post-Cold War era.
The Navy's prototype Expeditionary ...