AP Interview: Navy's most advanced to the Pacific

Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, poses for a photo at his office in Pear Harbor, Hawaii on Monday, June 11, 2012. Haney says the Navy is assigning its most advanced vessels and aircraft to the Pacific in addition to most of its ships. Photo: Audrey McAvoy / AP

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said Monday the Navy will be sending its most advanced vessels and aircraft to the Asia-Pacific region as it builds up its presence by assigning most of its fleet there.
Adm. Cecil Haney said a policy recently outlined by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to deploy 60 percent of the Navy's ships fleet to the Pacific by 2020 is about capabilities as well as quantity.
"It's not just numbers — it's also what those platforms, what those units, bring to the table," Haney told The Associated Press in an interview at his headquarters in Pearl Harbor.
Haney cited as an example the Littoral Combat Ship which can operate in shallower waters than other vessels. The U.S. plans to begin deploying one of the ships to Singapore next year.


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