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Firstly the wars/fighting our military is currently 'engaged' in is mostly useless. We haven't 'won' a war since ww2. Carriers are like bases that can easily b

Firstly the wars/fighting our military is currently 'engaged' in is mostly useless. We haven't 'won' a war since ww2. Carriers are like bases that can easily be deployed as needed. Maybe keep 2 or 3 carriers off the coast not necessarily 'docked', to run maneuvers to keep 'training' up, reserves could come and run ops maybe every few months to stay 'fresh'... Ideally, we'd not need to call any up until WE are under direct imminent threat. Furthermore, I think a lot of our future wars will be fought with technology, drones, robots, and not need as much military personnel anyways. Our military budget should be on par with Russia, instead we're equivalent to the next 7 largest militaries combined. There's no need for that much expense (except to pad lobbyist coffers).

nradov 8y ago
So for carriers you are essentially proposing the status quo. At any given time only about ⅓ are actually deployed. The others are docked for refit, or doing training close to bases. If they're going to deploy at all the costs are about the same regardless of where they operate. And to maintain proficiency they have to constantly practice operating in all over the world. These are not skills that can be picked up in just a few months. A carrier is not even remotely like a floating base; it's an order of magnitude more complex. I am all for fighting fewer wars. But until that actually happens our carrier forces are over stretched.