Status of the Navy
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Status of the Navy"
as of Jul. 10, 2009
Navy Personnel
- Active Duty: 332,479
- Officers: 52,715
- Enlisted: 276,413
- Midshipmen: 3,351
- Ready Reserve: 111,925 [As of 09 May] * A-1
- Selected Reserves: 66,761
- Individual Ready Reserve: 45,164
- Reserves currently mobilized: 6,409 [As of 07 Jul] * A-2
- Involuntarily mobilized: 5,797
- Voluntarily mobilized: 612
- Personnel on deployment: 62,269
- Navy Department Civilian Employees: 191,000
Ships and Submarines
- Deployable Battle Force Ships: 284
- Ships Underway (away from homeport): 126 ships (45% of total)
- On deployment: 109 ships (39 % of total)
- Deployable Attack submarines: 54/calculation
- Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 29 submarines (54%)
- On deployment: 24 submarines (44%)
- Ships Underway
- Carriers:
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - Mediterranean Sea
- USS George Washington (CVN 73) - 7th Fleet
- USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) - 5th Fleet
- Amphibious Warfare Ships:
- USS Nassau (LHA 4) - Atlantic Ocean
- USS Essex (LHD 2) - Coral Sea
- USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - Pacific Ocean
- USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) - Gulf of Guinea
- Boxer Amphibious Ready Group/13th MEU: * A-3
- USS Boxer (LHD 4) - Pacific Ocean
- Bataan Amphibious Ready Group/22nd MEU: * A-4
- USS Bataan (LHD 5) - 5th Fleet
- Aircraft (operational): 3,700+
- Memo
- * A-1, Number is different from previous reports.
- * A-2, Number of involuntarily (voluntarily) mobilized is based on the report of U.S. DoD.
- U.S. DoD: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20090707ngr.pdf
- * A-3, 4, Added item, not the original.
- U.S. Navy: Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group Deploys
- U.S. Navy: Bataan Amphibious Ready Group Deploys in Support of Maritime Strategy
Air-operations - U.S. Navy air-operations as part of Coalition Airpower
CVW 14 that consists of VFA 115 (F/A-18E), VFA 22 (F/A-18F), VFA 25, VFA 113 (F/A-18C[N]), VAW 113 (E-2C NP), VAQ 139 (EA-6B), VRC 30 Det. 1 (C-2A) and HS 4 (SH-60F, HH-60H) is conducting air-supports for Operation Enduring Freedom.
USAF:
Airpower Summary for July 10
- Afghanistan - Operation Enduring Freedom
- Coalition Airpower conducted 83 close-air-support missions
- On the outskirts of Surkhabad (Google Maps), a USAF B-1B Lancer and several U.S. Navy F-18C[N]s (VFA 25 or 113) destroyed an imminent threat to friendly forces and civilians. Several GBU 12s and 38s were used to eliminate a mortar position that was located in a Kardez irrigation tunnel.
- Anti Coalition forces at Lashkar Gah (Google Maps) had taken a position behind a wall and were attacking coalition forces with small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades when several U.S. Navy F/A-18Es (VFA 22) used shows of force and strafing runs to terminate the hostile action.
- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)
- 35 USAF ISR aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Afghanistan. In addition, one Coalition aircraft performed tactical reconnaissance.
- Iraq - Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Coalition Airpower conducted 22 close-air-support missions
- No description on U.S. Navy air-operations.
- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)
- 25 USAF and U.S. Navy ISR aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Iraq. In addition, 2 USAF aircraft performed tactical reconnaissance.
Topics - Last update Jul. 10, 2009
- Achievements of JMSDF replenishment for OEF-MIO through Jun. 2009
- Joint Staff, Japan MoD: 補給支援活動の実績について (2009年6月分)
- Tokyo, Japan (Jul. 10, 2009) - Joint Staff reports that achievements of Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) replenishment operation for Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 in Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean until Jun. 2009.
MSDF has achieved refueling of 21,100 kiloliter (1,615 Kl for Jun.) for 110 coalition ships (5 ships for Jun.) on the operation since Feb. 2008.
Currently, Towada class oiler JS Tokiwa (AOE 423) and Murasame class destroyer JS Akebono (DD 108) have been conducting the operation as the 5th dispatch replenishment force.
The editor believe FS Marne (A 630) as part of CTF 150 received fuel from the replenishment force on Jun.
Click to view full: Monthly achievements of JMSDF refuel operation/Kiloliter
Click to view full: Monthly achievements of JMSDF refuel operation/
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Click to view full: JMSDF Towada class oiler JS Tokiwa (AOE 423).
The photo by U.S. Navy.
Click to view full: JMSDF Murasame class destroyer JS Akebono (DD 108).
The photos is reprinted by the permission of Mr. Tugboat from Vessel And Ships Photo Gallery
