Massive U.S. Naval Drills Will Include Multiple Carriers And Amphibious Ready Groups In 2021

The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) steams alongside the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), background, in the Mediterranean Sea, April 24, 2019. US Navy Photo 

USNI News: Massive 2021 U.S. Naval Drills Will Include Multiple Carriers and Amphibious Ready Groups 

The Navy and Marine Corps plan to conduct a large scale exercise involving multiple strike groups and multiple numbered fleets next year, after the original plans for a Large Scale Exercise 2020 this year were postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

The chief of naval operations and commandant of the Marine Corps said today that Large Scale Exercise 2021 would be the first major live test of the Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO), Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE) and Expeditionary Advance Base Operations (EABO) concepts that are driving the bulk of their ongoing budget and acquisition decisions. 

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WNU Editor: No details on how many ships will be used and when the exercise/drills will take place. But it sounds like it will be massive.

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