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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Nov. 14, 2022
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy's deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Nov. 14, 2022, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Ships Underway Total Battle […]
USNI News Graphic
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy's deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Nov. 14, 2022, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.
Ships Underway
Total Battle Force Deployed Underway
(USS 236, USNS 56) 105
(USS 69, USNS 36) 63
(51 Deployed, 12 Local)
Ships Deployed by Fleet
2nd Fleet 3rd Fleet 4th Fleet 5th Fleet 6th Fleet 7th Fleet Total
5 3 2 13 26 56 105
In the Philippine Sea
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Christopher Strasser, from Sussex, Wisconsin, verifies the weight of an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the 'Royal Maces' of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, in preparation for launch on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), in the Philippine Sea on Nov. 13, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway in the Philippine Sea. Last week, the strike group participated in the start of Exercise Malabar 2022. The exercise includes aircraft and personnel from Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S. in the Philippine Sea, off the coast of Japan, according to the Navy. Japan is this year's exercise lead.
Malabar started in 1992 with the United States and India, but now Japan and Australia also participate.
"This is the third time that all four nations have participated in Malabar to advance the collective planning, integration and employment of advanced warfare tactics between participating nations," the Navy said in a news release.
"This year's at-sea exercise includes a variety of high-end tactical training events, submarine integration, anti-submarine warfare training, air defense exercises, multinational replenishment-at-sea operations, communications drills, joint warfighting planning scenarios, gunnery exercise, and maritime interdiction operations."
For the U.S. contingent, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), CSG 5, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG-69) joined for the drills.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force assets that joined for Malabar are JS Hyuga (DDH-181), JS Shiranui (DD-120),JS Takanami (DD-115), JS Oumi (AOE 426) and a P-1 aircraft.
A Shivalik-class FFG, a Kamorta-Class Corvette, a P-8I aircraft, and Marine Commandos (MARCOS) personnel are taking part in Malabar for the Indian Navy.
Submarine HMAS Farncomb (SSG-74), frigate HMAS Arunta (FFH 151), replenishment oiler HMAS Stalwart (A304), in addition to a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, are participating on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy.
Carrier Strike Group 5
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), steams in formation with a submarine from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) during Exercise Malabar 2022, in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 11, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), homeported in Yokosuka, Japan.
Carrier Air Wing 5
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the 'Royal Maces' of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, launches from the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 12, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, is embarked aboard Ronald Reagan and includes a total of nine squadrons and detachments:
The "Royal Maces" of VFA-27 – Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) – from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.
The "Diamondbacks" of VFA-102 from MCAS Iwakuni.
The "Eagles" of VFA-115 from MCAS Iwakuni.
The "Dambusters" of VFA-195 from MCAS Iwakuni.
The "Shadowhawks" of VAQ-141 – Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) – from MCAS Iwakuni.
The "Tiger Tails" of VAW-125 – Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) – from MCAS Iwakuni.
The "Providers" of VRC-30 – Detachment 5 – Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) – from MCAS Iwakuni.
The "Golden Falcons" of HSC-12 – Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) – from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan.
The "Saberhawks" of HSM-77 – Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) – from Naval Air Facility Atsugi.
USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) steams in formation with Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Stalwart (A304), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) vessel JS Shiranui (DDG-120) and guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG-69) during Exercise Malabar 2022, in the Philippine Sea on Nov. 11, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), homeported in Yokosuka, Japan.
Destroyer Squadron 15
USS Milius (DDG-69), front, steams in formation with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ship, JS Takanami (DDG-110), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ship HMAS Arunta (FFH 151) and Indian Navy ship INS Kamorta (P 28) during Exercise Malabar 2022, in the Philippine Sea on Nov. 11, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
Destroyer Squadron 15 is based in Yokosuka, Japan, and is embarked on the carrier. Destroyers from Destroyer Squadron 15 are also assigned to the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group.
USS Milius (DDG-69), homeported in Yokosuka.
In the Tasman Sea
USS Tripoli (LHA-7) is moored pier-side in Hobart, Tasmania for a port visit Nov. 11, 2022. US Navy Photo
Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) made a port call to Hobart, Tasmania last week – arriving there Wednesday and departing on Sunday, according to local reports. The ship is expected to transit home and return to San Diego, Calif.
Tripoli departed Naval Station San Diego, Calif., for an independent deployment to the Western Pacific on May 2. For the first half of its deployment, Tripoli had been operating under the "lightning carrier" or "assault carrier" concept, in which it had more than a dozen F-35Bs aboard during its Pacific deployment. Tripoli then transitioned to an amphibious ready force with the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Reinforced) embarked.
In Sasebo, Japan
Capt. David Adams, Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), renders a salute during the opening ceremony of Exercise Keen Sword 2023 at CFAS on Nov. 9, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
USS America (LHA-6) remains in its homeport in Sasebo, Japan
In the Adriatic Sea
Lt. Sarah Huston, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), delivers remarks during a media availability aboard the ship, Nov. 7, 2022. US Navy Photo
The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group remains on station in the Adriatic Sea.
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) is operating in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Scott Sciretta, who assumed command of the group on July 1, is embarked aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) as SNMG 2's flagship.
Carrier Strike Group 10
Aviation Ordnanceman 2rd Class Kolton Pang, from Hilo, Hawaii, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), moves supplies during a replenishment-at-sea with the supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8) on Nov. 12, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), homeported in Norfolk, Va.
An F/A18F Super Hornet aircraft, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103, lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) Nov. 11, 2022. US Navy Photo
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, based on Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., is embarked on Bush and includes:
The "Pukin' Dogs" of VFA-143 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) flying F/A-18Es from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
The "Jolly Rogers" of VFA-103 – F/A-18F – from Naval Air Station Oceana.
The "Sidewinders" of VFA-86 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.
The "Knighthawks" of VFA-136 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Lemoore.
The "Patriots" of VAQ-140 – EA-18G – Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) – from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
The "Bluetails" of VAW-121 – E-2D – Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) – from Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va.
The "Rawhides" of VRC-40 – Detachment – C-2A – Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) – from Naval Air Station Norfolk.
The "Nightdippers" of HSC-5 – MH-60S – Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) – from Naval Air Station Norfolk.
The "Grandmasters" of HSM-46 – MH-60R – Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) – from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.
Operations Specialist Seaman Mark Payoen, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55), stands watch on the bridge on Nov. 12, 2022. US Navy Photo
USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
Seaman Recruit Akwasi Boakye, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG-99), carries the forecastle jack-staff, Nov. 11, 2022. US Navy Photo
Destroyer Squadron 26 is based in Norfolk and is embarked on the carrier. The following ships deployed with the strike group.
USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Fla.
USS Truxtun (DDG-103), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.
USS Farragut (DDG-99), homeported at Naval Station Mayport.
USS Nitze (DDG-94), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.
In Portsmouth, U.K.
A Royal Canadian Air Force crew member prepares a Royal Canadian Navy Cyclone Helicopter, attached to the Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH-336), for landing on USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) on Nov. 11, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
According to ship spotters, the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is at anchor in the Solent – the strait between England and the Isle of Wight – ahead of a port call in Portsmouth, U.K.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) left Naval Station Norfolk, Va,. on Oct. 4, 2022, and will operate throughout the Atlantic, exercise with allies and partners and operationally employ the carrier air wing for the first time.
Ford features 23 new technologies, including the Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), the Dual-Band Radar, Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWE) and the new A1B nuclear reactor design.
She's arrived. USS Gerald R Ford maiden visit to the UK. @Warship_78 @NavyLookout @WarshipCam @MISPhotography_ @CNPics @AmzJS13 @geoallison @UKDefJournal pic.twitter.com/Mm908F3Lpa
— Marine + Air Photography (@scottyc298) November 14, 2022
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
A sailor assigned to the 'Ragin' Bulls' of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37, conducts a post-flight inspection on an F/A-18E Super Hornet on first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN-78) flight deck on Nov. 12, 2022. US Navy Photo
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, based on Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., is embarked on Ford and includes nine squadrons and detachments:
The "Golden Warriors" of VFA-87 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) flying F/A-18Es from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
The "Ragin' Bulls" of VFA-37 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Oceana.
The "Black Lions" of VFA-213 – F/A-18F – from Naval Air Station Oceana.
The "Tomcatters" of VFA-31 – F/A-18E – from Naval Air Station Oceana.
The "Gray Wolves" of VAQ-142 – EA-18G – Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) – from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
The "Bear Aces" of VAW-124 – E-2D – Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) – from Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va.
The "Tridents" of HSC-9 – MH-60S – Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) – from Naval Air Station Norfolk.
The "Spartans" of HSM-70 – MH-60R – Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) – from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.
Fire Controlman 3rd Class Tyler Melton participates in a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile exercise on the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60) during the training exercise Silent Wolverine while underway as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, Nov. 10, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
USS Normandy (CG-60), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.
Destroyer Squadron 2
USS McFaul (DDG-74) sails in Ponta Delgalda, Azores as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, on Nov. 4, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo
USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Fla.
USS Ramage (DDG-61), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.
USS McFaul (DDG-74), homeported at Naval Station Mayport.
USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) homeported in North Charleston, SC.
The CSG also includes fleet logistics ships USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5) and USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188).
In the Middle Pacific
USS Makin Island (LHD-8) departs for deployment on Nov. 9, 2022. US Navy Photo
Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8), the flagship of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, left Naval Base San Diego on Wednesday for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. The Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked includes Makin Island and amphibious transport docks USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26) and USS Anchorage (LPD-23). Makin Island and John P. Murtha left San Diego on Wednesday, while Anchorage left on Tuesday, Nov. 8, reported USNI News.
The ARG/MEU includes the aviation combat element with the "Flying Leathernecks" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122 flying F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters and the "Ugly Angels" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 362 (Reinforced) flying MV-22B Ospreys; the logistics combat element made up of Combat Logistics Battalion 13; and the ground combat element with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines.
In addition to these major formations, not shown are others serving in submarines, individual surface ships, aircraft squadrons, SEALs, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces, Seabees, Coast Guard cutters, EOD Mobile Units and more serving throughout the globe.
Author U.S. Naval Institute StaffPosted on November 14, 2022 Categories Aviation, Documents, Fleet Tracker, Military Personnel, Submarine Forces, Surface Forces, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, USS America (LHA-6), USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), USS John Finn (DDG-113), USS Makin Island (LHD-8), USS Nimtiz, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116)Tags 13th MEU, 22nd MEU, ACV, Amphibious Combat Vehicle, Makin Island ARG, USS Anchorage (LPD-23), USS Arlington (LPD-24), USS Barry (DDG-52), USS Benfold (DDG-65), USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93), USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44), USS John Murtha, USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55), USS McFaul (DDG-74), USS Normandy (CG-60), USS Ramage (DDG-84), USS Tripoli (LHA-7), USS Wayne E. Meyer
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Measure for Measure by Shakespeare
Discuss the Character of Isabella in Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure is one of Shakespeare's problem plays. In one sense it deserves to be considered as a drama of ideas. Isabella, the heroine of this play, is a problematic character because she displays conflicting moral and legal notions through her attitude to sin, justice, celibacy, marriage etc. She is a bundle of contradictions and as bright in her intellect as Portia. She is much colder much less plausible as a real human being. Shakespeare probably tasted some of his ideas through the character of Isabella and failed to some extent to make her a fully realized dramatic figure.
We first hear of Isabella from her brother Claudio in the prison in Act-1, Scene-II. Claudio is arrested and sentenced to death by the over-righteous Angelo for having a maiden with a child. Claudio asked Lucio to go to Isabella and implore her to save his life by making a friend "with strict deputy". We hear that Isabella is supposed to enter the cloister as a nun on that very day. The contrast between Claudio and his sister Isabella is established with a kind of dramatic irony. Claudio is going to die for violating a maiden's chastity while his sister is about to take up the chaste life of a nun, which is itself a kind of physical death. We further hear of Isabella's nature from the mouth of Claudio:
"For in her youth
There is a prone and speechless dialect beside she hath prosperous art
Such as move men;
When she will play with reason and discourse,
And well she can persuade."
Isabella is put into an absurd situation. She is obliged to defend her brother who committed a sin which she most abhors. In fact, in Act-II, Scene-II, during the first meeting with Angelo, she begins with a dilemma in her own position as to the crime her brother committed.
"There is a vice that most I do abhor
And most desire should meet the blow of justice
For which I would not plead but that I must
For which I must not plead but that I am
At war twixt will and will not."
Isabella's strength of character, her persuasive power, and her willful obstinacy are revealed in her two encounters with Angelo. It is interesting to watch how Angelo's puritanical self-righteousness falls down like a house of cards. She brings in religious as well as secular arguments in order to prove that mercy is a better principle than justice, and argues that Angelo, as a man like Claudio might also in similar circumstances commit the same sin. Moreover, she harps on the theme of authority and the harshness of tyranny that often goes with it;
"Oh; it is excellent
To have a giant's strength;
But it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant."
In her second meeting with Angelo, Isabella is given a moral choice either to surrender her chastity to Angelo and thus save her brother's life or to keep her virginity and let her brother die. The scene reveals Angelo as a lustful, hypocritical imposter. But it puts Isabella also in a trying situation. Isabella refuses to save Claudio by submitting to Angelo's demand. Her insistence on physical purity makes her inhumanely insensitive to her brother's fate. Isabella tells herself-
"Then, Isabella, live chaste and brother, die:
More than our brother is our chastity."
But there is an irony- she pleads mercy from Angelo while she herself is incapable of showing any mercy to Claudio. Moreover, Isabella's very virtue is made responsible for the temptation of Angelo. Claudio's miseries are intensified by her outburst of vituperation that shocks and perplexes him. Isabella's response to her brother's misery falls short of the Christian ideal.
Another paradox of Isabella's character is that although she angrily rejects the demand for sacrificing her virginity, she does not condemn the bed-trick in which Mariana should take her place in Angelo's bed. The basic flaw in her character is thus self-contradiction. Her rejection of Claudio's plea to save his life is valid and inevitable, but that does not seem to justify the storm of abuse which she unleashes on him.
But in another sense, we can call Isabella a dynamic character. Although she begins as a flawed character, she eventually learns wisdom and charity. Her acceptance of the bed-trick symbolizes a reversal of her previous values and marks a new access to human understanding. Her marrying the Duke at the end is a culmination of this humanizing process.
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Discuss the Theme of Justice and Mercy in Measure for Measure
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