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2017-01-09 Home Front: WoT

Navy, Trump planning biggest fleet expansion since Cold War

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Posted by Steve White 2017-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 #1 son is now in Week 5 of Naval Boot camp in Michigan, hoping to get into nuclear power school in February and serve on a CVN. Still praying for him, as well as thanking God for Trump.

Posted by ptah 2017-01-09 09:50|| http://crusaderwarcollege.org 2017-01-09 09:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like a young man with a plan. I've added him to my prayer list.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-09 10:02|| 2017-01-09 10:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Congratulations, ptah! Your son comes from good stock. So long as young men and women such as he continue to think this country is worth stepping forward to protect, despite the almost-previous president's egregious nonsense, we'll be ok.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-01-09 10:04|| 2017-01-09 10:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Plan and execution will split as cost overruns and delays eat up available funds. See - Littoral ship. Until the procurement culture is keel hauled and the pursuit of the next best promising technology is throttled too many contracts will become money pits.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-01-09 11:25|| 2017-01-09 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Congrats on your son at GL ptah. My sailor is on a DDG as a missile tech/gunnersmate.

He tells me, "Don't worry Dad, I'm allowed to shoot back."

Our boys are doing us proud.

Posted by GORT 2017-01-09 14:15|| 2017-01-09 14:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Congrats, Ptah!

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-09 14:29|| 2017-01-09 14:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Yay PTAH! Go NAVY!

Posted by USN, Ret 2017-01-09 14:55|| 2017-01-09 14:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Is the Burke the current go-to destroyer? I was looking over its specs and the WWII Mahan specs, big differences.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2017-01-09 15:41|| 2017-01-09 15:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Yes WM, the Burke class is the current configuration of DDGs. There is very little similarity between the WWII classes of DD and today's DDGs (size, staffing, weaponry, etc.)

Posted by GORT 2017-01-09 16:35|| 2017-01-09 16:35|| Front Page Top

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