AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

摘要

BRIEFING: Aircraft carriers play a vital role in protecting U.S. security interests overseas and establishing stability in the world's trouble spots. In support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, carrier strike groups have rapidly deployed to the Persian Gulf region. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, the U.S. Navy has continuously maintained carrier strike group capability on-station in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to strike against insurgents and conduct maritime security operations.