A New Navy Term

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Looks like the Navy has coined a new term.

I heard it for the first time a couple of months ago when I was out on the Truman and talking to Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll, the strike group’s commander. He was explaining how they would remain ready despite a six-month gap between the JTFX and an actual deployment.

Driscoll said the strike group would probably go out for another large-scale excersise.

“The Navy loves acronyms, so we’ll probably call it ‘sustain-ex’ or something like that,” Driscoll said casually.

Looks like that term Driscoll was trying out has been formalized.  A few days ago, the Navy public affairs office announced that the carrier John C. Stennis is heading out for a “sustainment excersize (SUSTAINEX).”

Add that to the next edition of the Dictionary of Naval Abreviations, or DICNAVAB.

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