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USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205) is a United States Navy replenishment oiler and the lead ship of her class.She is part of the Military Sealift Command fleet of support ships.. Ray Mabus, then Secretary of the Navy, announced on 6 January 2016 that the ship would be named in honor of John Lewis. [6]
The John Lewis class is a class of fleet replenishment oilers which began construction in September 2018. [1] The class will comprise twenty oilers which will be operated by Military Sealift Command to provide underway replenishment of fuel and limited amounts of dry cargo to United States Navy carrier strike groups, amphibious ready groups, and other surface forces, to allow them to operate ...
The Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), now Computer Network Operations, and structured as S32, [1] is a cyber-warfare intelligence-gathering unit of the National Security Agency (NSA). [2] It has been active since at least 1998, possibly 1997, but was not named or structured as TAO until "the last days of 2000," according to General ...
Military Sealift Command ships as of January 2022 [1]. This is a list of Military Sealift Command ships.The fleet includes about 130 ships in eight programs: Fleet Oiler (PM1), Special Mission (PM2), Strategic Sealift (PM3), Tow, Salvage, Tender, and Hospital Ship (PM4), Sealift (PM5), Combat Logistics Force (PM6), Expeditionary Mobile Base, Amphibious Command Ship, and Cable Layer (PM7) and ...
USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187) is a United States Navy fleet replenishment oiler and the lead ship of her class.Her mission is to resupply U.S. Navy and allied ships at sea with fuel oil, jet fuel, lubricating oil, potable water, and dry and refrigerated goods, including food and mail.
TAO – Tactical action officer (fights the ship under the supervision of the captain) TAR – Training and Administration of the Reserve (U.S. Navy Reserve, former designation for FTS personnel) TE – Task element
The Navy plans to begin in 2026 the construction of a class of oilers "that is smaller than a full-sized oiler" because "the Navy wants to begin shifting to a new, more distributed fleet architecture (i.e., mix of ships) that is intended to...[avoid] a situation in which an adversary could defeat U.S. naval forces by concentrating its attacks ...
USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) to support ships of the United States Navy. She serves in the United States Pacific Fleet.