You understand that not all 10 carriers are currently at sea, right?

Just because there are 10 carriers we normally only have 2 or 3 actually forward deployed a time. The other carriers are in shipyards doing maintenance that allows them to be forward deployed. These periods are typically 9 months to a year unless they are being refueled. That takes three years. After coming out of the shipyard the ship starts to train to be deployed again. That takes a year. And tragically we just recently saw what happens when a ship fails at it's training with the U.S.S. Fitzgerald.

I understand that some believe that this is money just being thrown away but at the rate our carriers are deployed we really are at the minimum of carriers we need.

My first ship was the U.S.S. Eisenhower CVN 69, the newest Nimitz class at the time. It is 40 years old this year and is slated to retire in 2027. To be replaced by the U.S.S. Enterprise CVN 80.

50 years of service.

Ya'll got your moneys worth.