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It's business as usual for the nests

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class aircraft carrier us s Theodore

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Roosevelt transiting the South China

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Sea and conducting routine flight

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operations . Since its commissioning in

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1986 the ship and its crew have

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answered our nation's call , launching

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and recovering aircraft .

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On March 19th 2024 the ship tallied its

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250,000 arrested landing . I spoke with

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Commander Brandon Miller operations

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officer of carrier Air Wing 11 and the

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pilot of the FA 18 , which made the

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250,000 trap to gain perspective of

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just how significant the figure

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actually is . It's , it's a major

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milestone . Uh It's one that just shows

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uh the the the sheer volume of , of uh

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of arrested landing , something that we

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take to be routine in every aviation ,

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but it just shows over time the amount

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of accumulated traps that this aircraft

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carrier had , which is a pretty

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significant number . I think we can

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place the aircraft carrier where uh

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where we see fit where it's appropriate

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to place the aircraft carrier and we

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can uh we can perform operations

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unimpeded uh and in appropriate waters .

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Um And I think it's , it does send a

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strong message that uh that we can

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operate anywhere any time , make no

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mistake . This monumental

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accomplishment would not be possible

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without the distinct rough rider grit

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of crews past and present . The

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aircraft launch and recovery team

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commonly known as all have worked

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tirelessly to ensure tr can continue

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its mission of projecting air power

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across the world seas .

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You know , whenever we discuss this

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milestone for the ship , obviously , we

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give credit to all the crew , all the

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people that have been a part of the

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ship's history up until this point , up

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until this trap . And it's just nice

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and an honor to know that I've had some

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part in that being the the pilot that

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performed that landing in an

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environment widely recognized for high

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speeds and hot metal . These sailors

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are the lifeblood of naval aviation .