2014 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:26:35 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: "Cape Ray Conducts Final Sea Trials for Syria Mission"
 
Cape Ray Conducts Final Sea Trials for Syria Mission

By Claudette Roulo

American Forces Press Service
January 13, 2014

WASHINGTON - The Military Sealift Command container ship MV Cape Ray left Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 10, to conduct its final sea trials in preparation for its upcoming mission to destroy Syrian chemical weapons, Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said today.

During the sea trials, the crew and the Field-Deployable Hydrolysis System operators are evaluating the ship and the system at various sea states, Warren said.

"The crew conducted several training drills and assessed all systems aboard," he said.

The ship is expected to return tomorrow for final outfitting before deploying to an as-yet undisclosed location in the Mediterranean Sea sometime late this week or early next week, Warren said.


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For the entire release, see
http://www.defense.gov/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=121471

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