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From: scott%sting.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey)
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Subject: Re: Naval Aviators and Surface Warfare Officers
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Date: 25 Jul 90 00:47:39 GMT
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From: scott%sting.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey)

In article <1990Jul23.202253.6129@cbnews.att.com>,
mlfisher@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
> The point I was trying to make is that aviators are GENERALLY not tactically
> proficient in surface ship operations.  That is where they get the carrier 
> into trouble.  What good are all those strike aircraft if they are at the 
> bottom of the sea?  IT HAPPENS EVERY FLEETEX!!!  We will fight how we train, 
> and we certainly don't train how we intend to fight.

For us civilians, what is a FLEETEX?  It sounds like a wargame operation
  or simulated conflict of some sort.

[mod.note:  Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd guess that
FLEETEX = "Fleet Exercise."- Bill ]

Are you saying that everytime a carrier group is involved, the carrier
  gets sunk?!  What is involved in one of the operations, how sophisticated
  are they, and how are hits and damage determined?  Is the operation
  primarily a hide and seek kind of thing?  That is, when the carrier group is 
  spotted and identified, are statistics simply used from that point to
  guess at what damage would be inflicted on the carrier group by the 
  enemy forces?

Scott
scott@xcf.berkeley.edu