INSIGHT SERIES Guillaume Merveilleux du Vignaux General Commissioner of EURONAVAL Within just a few weeks, the CSG will Far and Long therefore have crossed several maritime zones, adapted its operational posture to the complexity of each theatre, and The...
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INSIGHT SERIES Guillaume Merveilleux du Vignaux General Commissioner of EURONAVAL Within just a few weeks, the CSG will Far and Long therefore have crossed several maritime zones, adapted its operational posture to the complexity of each theatre, and The USS Gerald R. Ford, the newest aircraft demonstrated a level of responsiveness that carrier in the United States Navy, set a new few navies in the world can match. deployment-duration record this year, Beyond these demonstrations of mobility, returning to Norfolk 326 days (11 months) both deployments illustrate the same reality: after departing its home port. It was the today’s navies are engaged in almost longest deployment by a US aircraft carrier continuous operations, across multiple since the Vietnam War. Having operated theatres and—this is new—in environments successively in the North Atlantic, the characterised by a sustained level of threat. Mediterranean, the Caribbean (Absolute They therefore invite us to revisit some of the
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