From the JewishWorldReview.com website and Fred Weir.
MOSCOW — (TCSM) A Russian flotilla of a dozen warships, drawn from three naval fleets, is headed for the eastern Mediterranean to hold maneuvers, and will put into the Syrian port of Tartus, where Russia operates a naval supply base.
Russian officials insist these war games were scheduled long ago, and that they are designed for all the usual purposes of such exercises, primarily showing the flag in far-flung regions of the globe. But one striking detail tells a very different story: almost half the ships headed for the Mediterranean from Russia's Arctic, Baltic, and Black Sea fleets are giant amphibious assault craft.
That's a type of vessel that's good for transporting large numbers of people (and tanks), and getting them in and out of tight places. Experts say this is pretty conclusive evidence that the Kremlin is actively preparing for the grim but probably imminent necessity to evacuate tens of thousands of Russian citizens and their dependents from Syria as the regime of strongman Bashar al-Assad collapses.
You can read the rest of this article at http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0712/russia_syria.php3
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Navy Conducting Amphib Ops on the Pacific Ocean
Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) tend to a Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during flight operations. Nearby, the amphibious transport dock USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) is conducting landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Geronimo Aquino)
Friday, December 21, 2007
Navy Modernizes Amphibious Ships and Hovercraft
By Dan Broadstreet, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Public Affairs
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (NNS) -- Invisible to approximately 5,000 people witnessing the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) commissioning ceremony, Dec. 15, a newly modernized landing craft air cushion (LCAC) 39 sat certified and ready for transport within the well deck of the Navy's newest amphibious ship.
Mesa Verde had already finished its requisite LCAC certification Dec. 7, which qualify the ship to recover an LCAC and embark on the ship's mission of transporting Marines, their supplies, and equipment, according to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Panama City Division Project Engineer Rhett Plash. Plash works with NSWC PCD LCAC in-service engineering activity and operations.
"We're actually a part of the team that performs well deck certifications," Plash said.
Plash called it a "lift of opportunity," putting LCAC 39 aboard the Mesa Verde to be ferried to the hovercraft's home-port destination, Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU) 4 located at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk.
The LCAC had also recently undergone required acceptance testing to verify it was upgraded and ready to release to the fleet, according to NSWC PCD Electrical Engineer, Ivan Lugo.
"We are responsible for the LCAC service life extension program (SLEP)," Lugo said, adding that NSWC PCD provides design, development, and integration for LCAC equipment and software. Lugo said the current SLEP is structured to extend the service of the LCAC to the year 2025.
The fact that both platforms, Mesa Verde and LCAC 39, are modernized with cutting-edge technology and scheduled for entry into active Navy service contributed to a "satisfying and unique situation," according to members from ACU-4.
"Mesa Verde is the newest way to fight today's kind of war; and, the new SLEP LCACs are modernized to do the same," said Hull Technician 2nd Class Jacob Peterson, ACU-4. "So, married together, we can do that job even better because of the technological improvements that have been incorporated into both platforms."
The LCAC's improvements extend to both performance and comfort according to ACU-4's Craftmaster, Chief Postal Clerk (SW) Charles Moore.
"Not only has air-conditioning been added to our LCAC command modules, but we've gone to the LED screens and LED keyboards, which don't generate as much heat as the old Cathode Ray Tubes and the bulb-type indicators did," Moore said.
Design improvements to both LCAC and Mesa Verde have made life much better for everyone working with LCAC operations. According to the Sailors, the Navy's attention to their quality of life and work environments is aptly appreciated.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (NNS) -- Invisible to approximately 5,000 people witnessing the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) commissioning ceremony, Dec. 15, a newly modernized landing craft air cushion (LCAC) 39 sat certified and ready for transport within the well deck of the Navy's newest amphibious ship.
Mesa Verde had already finished its requisite LCAC certification Dec. 7, which qualify the ship to recover an LCAC and embark on the ship's mission of transporting Marines, their supplies, and equipment, according to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Panama City Division Project Engineer Rhett Plash. Plash works with NSWC PCD LCAC in-service engineering activity and operations.
"We're actually a part of the team that performs well deck certifications," Plash said.
Plash called it a "lift of opportunity," putting LCAC 39 aboard the Mesa Verde to be ferried to the hovercraft's home-port destination, Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU) 4 located at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk.
The LCAC had also recently undergone required acceptance testing to verify it was upgraded and ready to release to the fleet, according to NSWC PCD Electrical Engineer, Ivan Lugo.
"We are responsible for the LCAC service life extension program (SLEP)," Lugo said, adding that NSWC PCD provides design, development, and integration for LCAC equipment and software. Lugo said the current SLEP is structured to extend the service of the LCAC to the year 2025.
The fact that both platforms, Mesa Verde and LCAC 39, are modernized with cutting-edge technology and scheduled for entry into active Navy service contributed to a "satisfying and unique situation," according to members from ACU-4.
"Mesa Verde is the newest way to fight today's kind of war; and, the new SLEP LCACs are modernized to do the same," said Hull Technician 2nd Class Jacob Peterson, ACU-4. "So, married together, we can do that job even better because of the technological improvements that have been incorporated into both platforms."
The LCAC's improvements extend to both performance and comfort according to ACU-4's Craftmaster, Chief Postal Clerk (SW) Charles Moore.
"Not only has air-conditioning been added to our LCAC command modules, but we've gone to the LED screens and LED keyboards, which don't generate as much heat as the old Cathode Ray Tubes and the bulb-type indicators did," Moore said.
Design improvements to both LCAC and Mesa Verde have made life much better for everyone working with LCAC operations. According to the Sailors, the Navy's attention to their quality of life and work environments is aptly appreciated.
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