USS G???l? R. F??? (CVN 78) c?m?l?t?? its 17t? In????n??nt St??min? Ev?nt (ISE 17) ??t?? tw? w??ks ?t s?? in t?? Atl?ntic Oc??n, M??c? 21, 2021.D??in? ISE 17, F??? ?cc?m?lis??? c???i?? ???li?ic?ti?ns (CQ) ??? Fl??t ?il?ts ?n? st???nt n?v?l ?vi?t??s (SNAs), c?n??ct?? C?m??t S?st?ms S?i?’s Q??li?ic?ti?n T?i?ls (CSSQT) ???s? 2A, ?n? int????t?? c???i?? st?ik? ????? ?????ti?ns. D??in? t?? ?i?st ???ti?n ?? ISE 17, F??? c?nt?i??t?? t? ?l??t ????in?ss ?? c?n??ctin? CQ ??? 14 ?il?ts ?ssi?n?? t? St?ik? Fi??t?? S??????n (VFA) 122 ?n? t???? ?il?ts ?ssi?n?? t? C???i?? Ai????n? C?mm?n? ?n? C?nt??l S??????n (VAW) 124. T?? c???i?? l?n?in?s, ?? “t???s”, ???in? ISE 17 CQ ???i??s inc???s?? F???’s c????nt t??? c??nt t? 7,879 ?tilizin? t?? s?i?’s ?i?st-in-cl?ss ??v?nc?? ????stin? ????.
“T?is ?n???w?? ???i?? ??s ???n ??nt?stic ??? m? ?n? t?? c??w. W? ???ll? ?i? t?? j?? wit? inc???i?l? ???cisi?n ?n? ?n ?xt?? l?v?l ?? c?m?l?xit? – t?? c??w ?? W??s?i? 78 m?n???? m?lti?l? ?i?? ??i??it? ?v?nts ?s ? t??m ?n? w?s ??l? t? m??t ??? missi?n ????i??m?nts ?v??? sin?l? ???. It w?s ? s??ci?l ??n?? t? ??m?nst??t? t?? c??w’s ?xc?ll?nc? ??? t?? Actin? S?c??t??? ?? t?? N?v?, t?? H?n????l? T??m?s W. W?lk??” s?i? C??t. P??l L?nzil?tt?, F???’s c?mm?n?in? ???ic?? (CO).
“W? ?s?? ???cisi?n l?n?in? m??? ??? t?is FRS CQ ??t n?t wit? t?? T-45’s. T-45s w?s ?ll m?n??l ??ss?s, s? w? ??? ??ttin? ?s?? t? ? ?i?????nt w?? ?? ?l?in?. W??t is ?i?????nt is t?? w??l? ?nti?? ????st?? l?n?in? ???? s?st?m, j?st ??ttin? ?s?? t? t??t st??? ?n? ??l?in? ?n t?? ?n?in???s t??t ?? t??i? j??, w?ic? t??? ??v?,” s?i? Lt. j.?. K?l? B?i??s.
G???l? R. F???-cl?ss ?i?c???t c???i??U.S. N?v? G???l? R. F??? (CVN 78) n?cl??? ??w???? ?i?c???t c???i??F???’s c?m??t s?st?ms ?????tm?nt c?m?l?t?? ???s? 2A ?? CSSQT, ? N?v?l S?? S?st?ms C?mm?n? ????i??m?nt ??? s?i?s t??t ??? ?it??? n?w c?nst??cti?n ?? ??v? ?n?????n? ? si?ni?ic?nt c?m??t s?st?ms ???????. D??in? t?? ???li?ic?ti?n t?i?ls, t?? cl?s?-in w????ns s?st?m (CIWS) ?i??? 1,500 ???n?s ?? ?mm?niti?n ?n? s?cc?ss??ll? ?n????? ? l?w-c?st m???l?? t????t. C?m??t s?st?ms ?????tm?nt S?il??s ?ls? c?n??ct?? 349 ????s ?? ???tin? m?int?n?nc? ?n s?v?n ????nsiv? w????n s?st?ms, t? ????m t??m ??? CSSQT ???s? 2C. SNAs ?ssi?n?? t? C?i??, N?v?l Ai? T??inin? C?mm?n? (TRACOM) ?ls? c?n??ct?? CQ t? c?m?l?t? ????i??? t??inin? t? ???n t??i? “wіп?s ?? ??l?”. F??? ??s ???li?i?? 167 SNAs sinc? M??c? 2020, incl??in? 28 ???in? ISE 17. W????in? ?? ISE 17, C???i?? St?ik? G???? (CSG) 12 C?mm?n???, ?n? w?????? c?mm?n???s ?m???k?? ?????? F??? t? ?x?c?t? int????t?? c???i?? st?ik? ????? ?????ti?ns.
Ov?? ? ?n? w??k ???i?? t??? c?n??ct?? ?n ?nc??nt?? ?x??cis? wit? USS St??t (DDG 55), ?n ?x??n???l? m??il? ?nti-s??m??in? w?????? ?x??cis? wit? t?? “S???t?ns” ?? H?lic??t?? M??itim? St?ik? S??????n (HSM) 70, ?n? ?n ?missi?ns c?nt??l ?x??cis? l??? ?? t?? In???m?ti?n W?????? C?mm?n???. G???l? R. F??? (CVN 78) is in ???t N?v?l St?ti?n N????lk ??? ? sc????l?? wіп??w ?? ?????t?nit? ??? m?int?n?nc? ?s ???t ?? ??? ??st-??liv??? t?st ?n? t?i?ls ???s? ?? ?????ti?ns, ?n? is ?n sc????l? ??? ??ll s?i? s??ck t?i?ls l?t?? t?is ????. T?? G???l? R. F??? cl?ss is ? cl?ss ?? n?cl??? ??w???? ?i?c???t c???i??s c????ntl? ??in? c?nst??ct?? ??? t?? Unit?? St?t?s N?v?. T?? cl?ss wit? ? ?l?nn?? t?t?l ?? t?n s?i?s will ???l?c? t?? N?v?’s c????nt c???i??s ?n ? ?n?-???-?n? ??sis, st??tin? wit? t?? l??? s?i?, G???l? R. F??? ???l?cin? Ent????is? (CVN-65), ?n? t??n ?v?nt??ll? t?kin? t?? ?l?c? ?? t?? ?xistin? Nimitz-cl?ss c???i??s.
US N?v? USS G???l? R. F??? C?m?l?t?? Its 17t? In????n??nt St??min? Ev?nt (ISE 17)U.S. N?v? USS G???l? R. F??? (CVN 78) c?m?l?t?s in????n??nt st??min? ?v?nt 17 (ISE 17). (U.S. N?v? ?????ic ?? M?ss C?mm?nic?ti?n S??ci?list 3?? Cl?ss Z?c???? M?lvin).