I'm Marine and have never been on float, and I'm having a week long online argument with some of my friends about military supplies while at sea.
Basically the discussion is about China, and how they would kick our arses in a war. I disagree because their navy is a blue water navy, meaning it stays close to home. This is because they don't have naval bases around the world for re-supply. (And they also don't have aircraft carriers, except for the one they bought from Russia for their "casino".)
So my friends are telling me that China doesn't need navy bases around the world for resupply because they do "at sea replenishment". I under this, but my point is they don't send an aircraft carrier group to the Persian gulf and have a supply train from the fleet all the way back to the US, but instead these replenishment ships go to and from the fleet to the nearest US Navy Base or friendly port to get supplies. It's not like the fleet leaves the US with everything it needs for a deployment, and if it needs anything else it sends a supply ship all the way to the US for it.
Can someone explain the logistics of supplying a carrier task group at sea during a deployment?
Basically the discussion is about China, and how they would kick our arses in a war. I disagree because their navy is a blue water navy, meaning it stays close to home. This is because they don't have naval bases around the world for re-supply. (And they also don't have aircraft carriers, except for the one they bought from Russia for their "casino".)
So my friends are telling me that China doesn't need navy bases around the world for resupply because they do "at sea replenishment". I under this, but my point is they don't send an aircraft carrier group to the Persian gulf and have a supply train from the fleet all the way back to the US, but instead these replenishment ships go to and from the fleet to the nearest US Navy Base or friendly port to get supplies. It's not like the fleet leaves the US with everything it needs for a deployment, and if it needs anything else it sends a supply ship all the way to the US for it.
Can someone explain the logistics of supplying a carrier task group at sea during a deployment?