Inside Navy Strategy

Jul 12, 2018

Alert Red on the Atlantic: The heavily armed airplane carrier Strike 8 trained on the ocean in case of emergency. The aim of the four-week maneuver on the Atlantic Ocean is to optimize the tactical interaction of each battleship before they go into the next hot mission. The heart of the fleet is the 333 meter long aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman - guarded by several destroyers and a reconnaissance ship of the Bundeswehr, the frigate Hesse.

Jul 19, 2018

During the training operation, the 7,000 crew members of the USS Harry S. Truman must do heavy physical labor. The sailors will carry out and evaluate several thousand take-offs and landings until every little detail has been trained to perfection. Because later in the battle only seconds decide about the survival of the pilots and the crew on board.

Jul 26, 2018

For two weeks, the Aircraft Carrier Strike Group 8 completed one of the hardest military maneuvers of the US Navy. The tactical cooperation of several teams from three different nations comes first is of paramount importance. Again and again, the 7,000 soldiers on board are shot at and attacked. Fires are extinguished and evacuations rehearsed - extremely realistic battle scenarios. Does the team withstand the challenges?