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    RW> Also, do more sea basing, which would require developing   
    RW> faster transport for material.   
      
    BB> Not sure what this term means?  I know that Guam is becoming a key   
    BB> base as the new target is China.  Is that what you mean by sea   
    BB> basing?   
      
    RW> YEp, or having them aboard flattops, such as carriers, etc.   
    RW> when preparing for a deployment.  That way we dont' have to   
    RW> ask other countries and play mother may I, such as Pakistan, etc.  The   
    RW> aritcleprobably explains it better than I.   
      
   Ok, got it now.  Only thing I see that could be a problem is the long tours at   
   sea for those in the Navy - a thing of some concern now in fact.  Land based is   
   a bit better for the married as in most cases the family can follow, but not on   
   a carrier. :)   
      
   I know, if the Navy wanted you to have a wife they would have issued you one.   
   :)  But the real world proves that once the guy gets around 25 or so he does   
   marry, then a family, then the problems with long tours, often leading to   
   divorce or whatever.   
      
    RW> The ideas made sense to this old man anyway.   
      
    RW> Anybody else read the piece care to comment?   
      
      
    BB>  Didn't read it, so can't comment.   
      
    RW> YOu might find it an interesting read if you can still find   
    RW> the March issue on a newsstand somewhere.  Wish Bob Ackley   
    RW> were still around, I'm sure he read it.  Saw a letter from   
    RW> him to the editor in that issue as well re an article a   
    RW> month or so ago.   
      
   Where is Bob?  He used to post in Memories now and again.  Did he die?   
      
      
      
        
       
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