You go down from 15 carrier groups to 14 to 13, if maybe not to 12.

The very idea that the carrier group herself could be in danger took some getting used to.

The Navy wanted to use the carrier group they already had in the area.

And the carrier group is to stay put for the time being.

After the war, he became a test pilot and commander, including of carrier groups.

By the time that they were built, their role had expanded to protect carrier groups.

When we were up first against two Soviet carrier groups.

"Only that we should give some thought to our carrier group in Norway," he said.

At times some of the carrier groups operated over 12,000 miles from their home ports.

The farther away from the carrier group a missile could be killed, the better.