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Since the presidency of Barack Obama, the U.S. Department of Defense is steadily shifting focus towards the Asia/Pacific region.  Sometimes known as Pivot to Asia, Pivot to Pacific, Total Force training for Near Peer Threats, maybe they should just bring back the phrase Cold War.

All photos by Petty Officer Second Class Michael Schutt.

It will be interesting to see how the new U.S. president, Joe ‘flip-flop’ Biden, handles the Department of Defense.  This month, the U.S. Navy SeaBees (construction engineers) and U.S. Marine Corps engineers have begun training to quickly build Expeditionary Advanced Bases (EAB) and Advanced Naval Bases (ANB), in case a major war in the Pacific breaks out.  (The U.S. Navy also just completed multinational Pacific region wargame Sea Dragon 2021)

On-loading of personnel and equipment, USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), 04FEB2021.  The training is called Exercise Turning Point, and is held every year by the Pacific Naval Construction Force (PacNCF). 

Photo by Petty Officer Second Class Michael Schutt.

USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) heads towards San Clemente Island from Port Hueneme, 04FEB2021.

Photo by Petty Officer Second Class Michael Schutt.

 06FEB2021, an Assault Craft Unit ONE (ACU-1) landed on San Clemente.

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May 2015: According to the U.S. Naval War College “Starting in 2010, the U.S. and Vietnam accelerated this process effectively forming a partnership on several fronts. The Obama administration identified Vietnam as one of the new partners to cultivate as part of its ‘rebalancing’ of U.S. priorities toward the Asia-Pacific region, a move commonly referred to as the U.S.’s ‘pivot’ to the Pacific.” 

October 2013: “Although Mr. Obama has cut military spending in various parts of the world, it has remained largely unchanged in Asia. By 2020 the Pentagon plans to deploy 60 percent of its warships in the Pacific and 40 percent in the Atlantic, compared with the current 50-50 split.”-New York Times

Vehicle I-D:

U.S. Navy’s 1967 purchase price.

RAT ROD 1967 BLH AUSTIN-WESTERN USN SEABEES ROAD GRADER $14,794