European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and stripes Page 11 san Diego not Guam to get uss Carl Vinson by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington a the nuclear pow ered aircraft Carrier uss Carl Vinson will be based in san Diego not Guam the Navy announced Friday afternoon Guam and san Diego were among the four Sites considered As the Nimitz class aircraft carriers new Home the others were Pearl Harbor Hawaii and Bremer ton Wash after a thorough review of prospective Home ports the Secretary of the Navy selected san Diego As the preferred alternative after evaluating a number of factors including its existing infrastructure family support facilities and proximity to train ing a Navy news release says now undergoing maintenance in new port news the Carl Vinson is expected to move to san Diego in Early 2010 the news release says the move Marks the carriers return to the Pacific the ship was based in Bremer ton from 1997 to 2005 Navy Secretary Donald c Winter announced last year the ship would return to Pacific Fleet the Carl Vinson will be the sixth Carrier in the Pacific the Navy has carriers based in Yokosuka Japan Bremerton and Everett and san Diego having six of our aircraft carriers in the Pacific greatly enhances our nations Winter said in fridays news re lease it will help protect our vital inter ests reassure our friends and allies and maintain unfettered Access to sea Guam has undergone a buildup in recent years with plans for Many More troops to be stationed there beginning in 2008 marines from the Iii Marine expeditionary Force will begin moving from Okinawa the military expects to use its existing landholdings on Guam which should be enough to hold additional military operations and housing but More land might be needed to accommodate military training and housing for the civilian and contracted work Force expected to grow with the Mili tary buildup in fiscal 2004 construction began on a number of projects including renovation of the first of several Navy wharf other projects included a new High school at naval base Guam and an army and air Force Exchange service Complex at Ander sen air Force base in january 2001 the Navy proposed Home porting up to three fast attack submarines on the Pacific Island of Guam to get the ships closer to their operating area submarine Squadron 15 includes the uss Corpus Christi uss Houston and uss Frank Cable the Only submarine tender in the Pacific Fleet the uss Buffalo is slated to join Guam sub Fleet sometime in 2007 about military personnel Are stationed on Guam Home to Resi dents according to a 2004 census report email Jeff Schogol at retired general time to stabilize Iraq running out retired Gen Barry Mccaffrey by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington a the United states should plan 5n having three years left to conduct major operations in Iraq said retired Gen Barry Mccaffrey Mccaffrey former commander of Southern command has written a report on the conditions in Iraq and the Way Forward after his trip in Early March to Iraq and Kuwait one of the reports conclusions the United states has Little time left to get things right in Iraq it is very unlikely that the political opposition can constitutionally Force the president into re the report says however our next president will Only have 12 months or less to get Iraq straight before is forced to pull the plug therefore our plan Ning horizons should assume that there Are less than 36 months remaining of substantial troop presence in in a thursday phone interview with stars and stripes Mccaffrey said president Bush can continue pursuing the War in Iraq for the rest of his term because it is unlikely the democratic controlled Congress will Stop War funding if they significantly impair the presidents ability to command wartime forces then he will turn around and say let you be accountable for the Mccaffrey said Why in their right minds would they want to do that however Mccaffrey said the current troop presence in Iraq is unsustainable and recommended withdrawing some of the surge units we can sustain probably seven to 10 brigades in perpetuity in Iraq but weve got Mccaffrey said the army is starting to unravel after having been starved for re sources and Given its current commitments to Iraq and Afghani Stan he said we have no Strate Gic Reserve in the United states to deploy into a new combat require he said there is no Strate Gic Reserve in the Middle East we Are Flat on our asked about Mccaffrey re port Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman reiterated comments from the joint chiefs of staff that the military has about 2 Mil lion troops to Call upon the recent increase in forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan reflect the defense departments capability to provide extra troops when needed Whitman said i am confident As is the chair Man that the United states Mili tary will be Able to provide trained equipped and ready forces for any Mission that it May re he said in other matters Mccaffrey stressed the need to give the iraqi troops and police officers enough weaponry to eventually take Over for and other coalition forces right now the iraqis Are ill equipped with Only Luree c130 transport aircraft soviet weapons and no logistics or medical system go to see the full report email Jeff Schogol at will Bangkok Singapore Hon Kong ar35 ap35 Seoul ap35 Okinawa 800 too Honolulu direct i wind Kas coast 1 Corv 3days 2nights dept him o5 may3o Jun ask other Day As Well Dayl Bullet thrum to Kyoto day2 Kyoto free time move to Imara Koy Asan Temple jay3 Narat Tokyo 1 Dinkci breakfast include at Koy Asan Temple Lodge Shukuko ask our staff How to survive in Cairns Thi adult kids tax day1 arrive Beijing day2 comb the Wall day3 City tout Dep 5t 5 april 731 May Daw free Day Dayl arrive Bali day24 free time Days free until night Days Back to Tokyo pep7 8 9 april May june tour information Jon a Homepage or Lek Kate nights Hor i Anshu Szmit Guam a package for Spring break 1 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