Bush: "The might of our Navy is needed again"

From: Sea Power | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: Peterson, Gordon I | Copyright information

The Navy

Readiness Improvements Prove Critical

In War on Terrorism, But Future Navy Is at Risk

President George W. Bush praised the veterans of two wars separated by 60 years during a visit to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise on 7 December 2001. Several thousand Sailors, Marines, and their families gathered under cloudy skies on the carrier's flight deck and the ship's pier at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., to hear their commander in chief honor 25 surv...

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