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Pentagon report a good sign for Everett's Navy base The Defense Department plans to maintain its aircraft carrier fleet, which could help Everett keep a carrier. EVERETT — A “big-picture” Pentagon report released Monday calls for the Navy to maintain its existing aircraft carrier fleet.This could mean good news for Everett. The USS Abraham Lincoln is scheduled to leave in 2013 for mid-life refueling of its nuclear reactors. Uncertainty about which, if any carrier, might replace the Lincoln has been a concern among community leaders for some time. The Defense Department’s Quadrennial Defense Review and its budget requests were offered up this week, with the plan that a fleet of 10 to 11 aircraft carriers would remain active. Had the report called for reducing the fleet, there’s a chance Everett might have had a hard time getting another carrier. A replacement ship has not been named by the Navy, but there’s been no indication that the Lincoln won’t be replaced, said Pat McClain, the city of Everett’s executive director for governmental affairs. “The Lincoln is certainly the centerpiece of Naval Station Everett, but it’s likely the base would maintain similar population levels, even with different boats,” McClain said. Millions of federal tax money for new barracks and other improvements was invested in the base during the past year, he said, making it unlikely that the Navy would abandon such an investment. “We’ve also seen a movement of Navy activity from the Atlantic to the Pacific, because the world angst is in this direction,” McClain said. “What the (Pentagon review) indicates is that with the current state of the world, you better leave those (carriers) around, guys.” Naval Station Everett is the second-largest employer in Snohomish County after Boeing. Its 6,400 military members, civilian employees and private contractors make up a payroll of about $230 million a year, McClain said. Civic and political leaders continue to talk about the need to make sure the Navy understands its economic imprint on the county. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, said he has been clear with his desire for a replacement carrier for Everett. “I will continue to advocate for bringing more ships to Naval Station Everett because it is the most modern base in the Navy, is strategically located and has the full support of the local community,” Larsen said. A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said her staff is reviewing the study to see if it contains any recommendations that might have an immediate impact on military facilities based in Washington. In addition to the issue of aircraft carriers, the Defense Department review also calls for 26 additional EA-18G Growler aircraft. The Growler is a radar-jamming jet that by 2012 is scheduled to replace the EA-6B Prowler at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. Like the Prowler, the Growler flies from the decks of aircraft carriers such as the Lincoln. The Navy rolled out the new Growler during a ceremony in June 2008 in Oak Harbor. The Pentagon’s plans still need approval from Congress. Reporter Jerry Cornfield contributed to this story. Gale Fiege: 425-339-3427; gfiege@heraldnet.com. |
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But of course, Larsen's kids won't have to be employed by the military.
The elites are rejoicing...
Mark Nagel | Feb 11, 2010 6:11 pm | 0 replies | Request removal
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How many cruise ships could tie up at the pier? How many slips could be added to the marina?
bill wald | Feb 2, 2010 9:12 am | 1 replies | Request removal
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Does the Navy "own" or lease the property? If it's a lease, then they can't really "give it back."
Mark Nagel | Feb 11, 2010 6:09 pm | Request removal
In other USS Abraham Lincoln news, here is a blog post about the Lincoln's recent Change of Command Ceremony
http://everettwablog.com/?p=4171
Stan Lombardi | Feb 2, 2010 7:50 am | 1 replies | Request removal
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And while the Praetorian Guard parties the bulk of humanity suffers...
Jobless Suffer as Corporate Cash Hits $1.18 Trillion
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aE6W8c9z9Bms&pos=6
Hm... I wonder how festive things will be as China reduces its funding of our military spending...
Mark Nagel | Feb 11, 2010 6:07 pm | Request removal
I would guess the answer to that is "Just as many cruise ships that pulled up before the Navy Base was there. None."
Steve Winnie | Feb 2, 2010 3:19 pm | 1 replies | Request removal
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If this wasn't meant as a joke, then clearly it's horrible logic. It would be like saying that before railway lines existed that they never could because that they never had.
But... there's probably a zero chance that Everett would be any destination port (for other than captive military personnel). And as the credit markets once again constrict this kind of market is going to be sawed off at its knees: like who is going to go on a cruise when they're wither unemployed of starting at their massive underwater mortgage?
And, as far as the military being good for the economy, BS! Several years ago when I'd last checked the State was paying out $1.08 in federal dollars for every dollar it got back. One doesn't have to be an economic major to figure this as a dead end.
Excessive military spending, it's what finally did in the Soviet Union. Next will be the US: we're lucky if we have 5 more years (it could as well happen tomorrow; remember: not even the CIA saw the Soviet collapse coming).
Between the Tea Baggers and militarists like Larsen our collapse is guaranteed.
Mark Nagel | Feb 11, 2010 6:04 pm | Request removal
Keeps the rich in power!
1/3 of homeless are vets. We refuse to raise taxes to PAY for our (undeclared) wars. See the correlation here? The costs are borne by the lower-caste: heroes all, at least that's what the rich say, because, well, they are heroes to Them for helping keep Them rich!
Everett, home to one of that all-time great neo-cons- "Scoop"* Jackson!
* This nickname didn't have to do with his being in the newspaper business. It was given to him by his sister for his ability to weasel out of doing things.
Ah, the stories that we tell ourselves. In the future our children's children (or, at the rate things are going now, maybe just our children) are going to see this for what it really was- The Big Lie!
Do yourself a favor and watch The Century of the Self (http://www.archive.org/details/AdaCurtisCenturyoftheSelf_0).
Mark Nagel | Feb 11, 2010 5:55 pm | 0 replies | Request removal
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