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Article: Lawmakers Question Service Chiefs Over Size of Fleets, Hull Commonality.(United States. Coast Guard)(United States. Marine Corps)
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- Defense Daily
- Article date:
- December 14, 2007
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By Geoff Fein
Lawmakers yesterday raised concerns with the top Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard officials about fleet size and capabilities, and offered to find the funding to help the Navy build a nuclear powered cruiser.
House members, led by Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), have been pushing for the Navy to build its next generation cruiser, CG(X), with a nuclear propulsion system. The Navy has included an option for nuclear power in its CG(X) analysis of alternatives.
But yesterday Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead said the cost of making CG(X) nuclear powered could impact other shipbuilding ...
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Article: ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
May 10, 2006 ;
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... ... release: This week, the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard announced a decrease in the number of ... Guard and Air Force Reserve, 7,742; Marine Corps Reserve, 6,401; and the Coast Guard Reserve, 344. This brings the total ...
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