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Navy Ship Deployments: New Approaches - Background and Issues for Congress (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised June 2, 2008
Report Number RS21338
Report Type Report
Authors Ronald O'Rourke, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The Navy has implemented new kinds of naval formations, more flexible forward-deployment schedules, and a ship readiness plan (called the Fleet Response Plan, or FRP) for surge-deploying several aircraft carriers in a short period of time to respond to contingencies. The Navy has also forward-home-ported additional ships, experimented with long-duration deployments with crew rotation (which the Navy calls Sea Swap), investigated multiple-crewing of ships, and is experimenting with a new forward-deployment concept called global fleet stations, or GFSs. These actions raise several potential issues for Congress. This report will be updated as events warrant.