DATE: Thursday, August 28, 1997 TAG: 9708270704 SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL TYPE: Military LENGTH: 29 lines
AS OF AUG. 25: 394,925 active duty 229,020 ready reserve
209,419 civilians AIRCRAFT: 4,698 SHIPS: 353 DEPLOYED: 113
1. Carriers George Washington and John C. Stennis, amphib ships
Wasp and Guam, routine ops
2. Amphib ship Carter Hall, salvage ship Grapple, frigate Taylor,
routine ops
3. Coastal patrol ship Tempest, in transit
4. Oiler Monongahela, port
5. Cruiser Thomas S. Gates, port
6. Assault ship Kearsarge, port
7. Amphib transport dock Ponce, in transit
8. Carrier Constellation, in transit
9. Middle East Task Force: frigate Nicholas, destroyer Thorn, and
five others
10. Coastal patrol ship Thunderbolt, port
11. Coastal patrol ship Cyclone, port
12. Carrier John F. Kennedy, routine ops
13. Counter-drug ops
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