Content Editor posted on March 09, 2012 10:52
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 participate in a 5K fun run hosted by the ship's Morale, Welfare and Recreation Division on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
ND2 Mitch Baker has his mask cleaned before performing underwater maintenance on submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39).
Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon, commander of Carrier Strike Group 1, prepares to board an E-2C Hawkeye for a flight with Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125.
HT3 Christopher Skowronski adds wood stain to a plaque in the wood shop of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
STATUS OF THE NAVY:
| Navy Personnel |
| Active Duty: 323,773 |
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Officers: 53,120 |
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Enlisted: 266,146 |
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Midshipmen: 4,507 |
| Ready Reserve: 104,532 [As of Jan 2012 ] |
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Selected Reserves: 63,983 |
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Individual Ready Reserve: 40,549 |
| Reserves currently mobilized: 4,763 [As of 6 Mar 2012] |
| Personnel on deployment: 47,943 |
| Navy Department Civilian Employees: 203,609 |
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| Ships and Submarines |
| Deployable Battle Force Ships: 283 |
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Total Ships Underway: 90 (32% of total) |
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Deployed Ships Underway: 55 (19% of total) |
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Attack Submarines Underway: 33 |
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Other Underway: 35 (12% of total) |
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Total Ships Deployed/Underway: 130 (50% of total) |
| Ships Underway |
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Aircraft Carriers: |
| USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) – Atlantic Ocean |
| USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) – 5th Fleet |
| USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) – 5th Fleet |
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Amphibious Assault Ships: |
| USS Wasp (LHD 1) – Atlantic Ocean |
| USS Essex (LHD 2) – 7th Fleet |
| USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) – Atlantic Ocean |
| USS Bataan (LHD 5) -Atlantic Ocean |
| USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) – 7th Fleet |
| USS Makin Island (LHD 8) – 5th Fleet |
Aircraft (operational): 3700+ |
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