Changing the Peacetime Deployment of Aircraft Carriers

Abstract

New strategies and missions are combining with declining defense budgets to force new assessments of how we use our aircraft carriers during peacetime. The Senate has asked the Secretary of Defense for a report on how to improve the forward presence provided by our carriers. This paper is an unsolicited response to that request and deals with both the quantity and quality of forward deployed time of these capital ships. Viable options for increasing on-station time include deployment cycle adjustments and multiple crewing schemes, while homeporting changes hold little promise. The composition of the ships and crews that form the carrier battle group needs to reflect the growing importance of peaceful, non-traditional missions. Carriers should be more actively involved in establishing close relationships with Third World countries and aiding their development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 1993
Accession Number
ADA265373

Entities

People

  • James D. Oliver Iii

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Boats
  • Deployment
  • Flight Decks
  • Force Structure
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Military Budgets
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Nimitz-Class
  • Security
  • Ships
  • Uss Theodore Roosevelt
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design