rickusn

"it didn't stop last years deployments of the USS Halsey, USS Chung-Hoon, or USS Momsen which all deployed independently, "

Or the Pickneys in the last 1/2 of 2005 and beginning of 2006.

Notice though that those are all Flight IIA ships.

I havent kept up with the BMD program thus the actuality that I am struggling to catch up.

"Do you still consider the FRP a success or is do you see it showing some limitations with the added strain surge deployments can add to the system?

I consider it an adapted version (reversion?)("variation on a theme" if you will) from the 50's and 60's when most ships deployed for six months of every year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It seems from my point of view that the USN transitioned from a 1 in 3 to as much as a 1 in or five rotation over the years.

Sailors seem to like it although it ceratinly is stressful on families but then the Navy has always been hard on families.

When I was in submarines very long ago(mid/late 70's) it was often even tougher.
SSNs often spent many months at sea out of the year whether deployed or not and for SSBNs the ratio was roughly a hundred days at Rota /Holy Loch for refit and patrol then 90-100 days stateside and then back again.