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From: argosy!freeman@decwrl.dec.com (Jay R. Freeman)
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Subject: Re: Military Cuts
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Date: 9 Jan 90 02:20:12 GMT
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From: argosy!freeman@decwrl.dec.com (Jay R. Freeman)


> The general figure used for planning these things is that you need 3
> ships for every one that you need on station. [...]

Would a fix for these problems be to have more than one crew trained for each
carrier, and to rotate crews more often than ships?  Isn't that done with
ballistic missile submarines?  (The original poster was discussing aircraft
carriers.)
                                                  -- Jay Freeman

	 <canonical disclaimer -- all opinions are mine only>