Home for Christmas

Well, look who's home for the holidays at Norfolk Navy Base?

Southern Man's first thought was "target-rich environment."

From left to right:

• Aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
• Aircraft carrier George H. W. Bush (CVN 77)
• Aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 65)
• Amphibious assault ship Bataan (LHD 5)
• Aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
• Aircraft carrier Harry S Truman (CVN 75)
• Amphibious assault ship Wasp (LHD 1)
• Amphibious assault ship Kearsarge (LHD 3)
• Amphibious landing platform dock New York (LPD 21)
• A T-AKE dry cargo ammunition ship
• Amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

Also at Norfolk but not in this photo are

• Aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
• Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)

Why, yes, this portion of the U.S. Navy is pretty much the most powerful battle fleet ever assembled. Any one of the carriers - for that matter, any one of the amphibious assault ships - is a match for the entire military force of most countries. And Teen Daughter The Elder is a little part of it!

Hat tip to Instapundit, who linked to this post at readability.com. Also, The Dignified Rant for amusing Pearl Harbor analogies.