![]() ![]() The last few years have been characterized, in the field that concerns us, by the progressive erosion of the capacity of the Armed Forces of the United States to operate there and where its authorities consider appropriate. We have talked about the Third Offset Strategy, understood as the economic, military, technical and diplomatic effort of the United States to compensate for the military rise of the People’s Republic of China and its expansion, especially in the naval field, it is now time to move from the strategic to the operational field. To do this, they not only asked to increase the offensive power of each ship in the surface fleet, but also wanted them to start operating in what they defined as “hunter-killer surface action groups”, leaving behind the large formations of escorts, with AAW orientation and articulated around nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. In 2015, the United States Naval Institute (USNI) published an article signed by Vice Admiral Thomas Rowden and Rear Admirals Peter Gumataotao and Peter Fanta, calling for an operational change in the US Navy that would lead to what its authors called “Distributed Lethality”. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael B. Bush Carrier Strike Group in preparation for an upcoming deployment. GHWB is underway conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) with the George H.W. ![]() Bush (CVN 77) sails alongside the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AKE 6) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) through the Atlantic Ocean. 8, 2016) The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. ![]()
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