THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, September 10, 1994 TAG: 9409100234
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A1 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 31 lines
After a quick stop in Norfolk, the carrier Eisenhower and command
ship Mount Whitney head to the Caribbean next week to join the
growing force training for a Haiti invasion. The Ike will leave
behind many of its aircraft to make room for passengers: thousands
of troops from the Army's 10th Mountain Division.
Pentagon officials said the carrier would be part of a
20,000-member force involved in the invasion. They gave Sept. 21
through the end of November as an invasion window; the Eisenhower
still is scheduled for a regular deployment to the Mediterranean Sea
in October, the Navy said Friday.
The Eisenhower is the first combat ship with women assigned full
time to its crew. More than 100 women are aboard the ship now and as
many as 500 - in jobs including combat pilots, cooks and military
police - were scheduled to be among the 5,500-member crew departing
for the Med.
KEYWORDS: HAITI U.S. NAVY by CNB