Enterprise (CVN 65) - Naval Cruise Book

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i« ' Pearl Harbor, Hawaii ' ■ ' i ss ff -t ii ' s s ' w f rs ' m - White nation ' s president has been assassinated. Two thousand citizens are held hostage by an illegal government supported by Orange country. An amphibious tast force is sailing to free White nation while planes from Carrier Air Wing Eleven embarked aboard Enterprise fly air cover. What may sould like a tehse, real-life situation involving military force was actually a simulated combat scenario in the exercise RIMPAC ' 84. RIMPAC, which stands for rim-of-the-Pacific, was designed to hone the combat skills of Battle Group Foxtrot ships and other military units in simulated air, surface and submarine battles around the Hawaiian Islands. It offered demanding workouts around the clock and conducts early phase of Enterprise ' s cruise, prepared the Big E for the remainder of the deployment. , . ,. The exercise, which brought together the largest gathering of ships of the line since World War II, began June 6. Joinine the Enterprise was the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, along with six cruisers, 30 destroyers and frigates, several submarines, and an amphibious task force headed by an amphibious assault carrier. There were more than 80 ships and 250 aircraft. More than 50,000 servicemen from five nations participated. ... Units from the navies of Canada, Australia and New Zealand comprised the attacking Orange forces, while the U.S. Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self- Defense Force were the Blue team defenders of Hawaii, the White nation. The participating countries also had Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Guard forces involved in the complex maneuvers. RIMPAC I 5 J