On any given day, in your Navy, our team of more than 600,000 professional Sailors and Civilians are working together around the globe to perform our mission: deter aggression and, if deterrence fails, win our Nation’s wars. It is not possible to share every aspect of this global team but, through this blog, we offer you a glimpse of what these men and women do.
Sailors stand by as an F/A-18 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), as the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JS Kurama (DDH 144) is alongside during a tri-lateral exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Republic of Korea navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephanie Smith/Released)
Marines pilot an amphibious assault vehicle with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) in the background while operating in the Arabian Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zane Ecklund/Released)
A little girl waves as the guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66) departs Naval Station Mayport to join the USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) for deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Michael Leger/Released)
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits over the Hamptons Roads Bridge Tunnel as it departs for a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julia A. Casper/Released)
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the Wildcards of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, maneuvers toward the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during an air power demonstration for Tiger Cruise participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominique Pineiro/Released)
| Navy Personnel | ||||
| Active Duty: 321,053 | ||||
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Officers: 52,694 | |||
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Enlisted: 263,892 | |||
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Midshipmen: 4,467 | |||
| Ready Reserve: 106,188 [As of May 2012 ] | ||||
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Selected Reserves: 63,888 | |||
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Individual Ready Reserve: 42,300 | |||
| Reserves currently mobilized: 4,270 [As of 12 Jun 2012] | ||||
| Personnel on deployment: 47,943 | ||||
| Navy Department Civilian Employees: 203,609 | ||||
| Ships and Submarines | ||||
| Deployable Battle Force Ships: 286 | ||||
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Total Ships Underway: 133 (47% of total) | |||
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Deployed Ships Underway: 79 (27% of total) | |||
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Attack Submarines Underway: 32 | |||
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Other Underway: 54 (18% of total) | |||
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Total Ships Deployed/Underway: 167 (58% of total) | |||
| Ships Underway | ||||
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Aircraft Carriers: | |||
| USS Enterprise (CVN 65) – 5th Fleet | ||||
| USS Nimitz (CVN 68) – Pacific Ocean | ||||
| USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) – port visit Jebel Ali,AE | ||||
| USS George Washington (CVN 73) – Pacific Ocean | ||||
| USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) – Atlantic Ocean | ||||
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Amphibious Assault Ships: | |||
| USS Peleliu (LHA 5) – Pacific Ocean | ||||
| USS Wasp (LHD 1) – Atlantic Ocean | ||||
| USS Essex (LHD 2) – Pacific Ocean | ||||
| USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) – 5th Fleet | ||||
| USS Makin Island (LHD 8) – Pacific Ocean | ||||
Aircraft (operational): 3700+ |
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