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| | MayportMirror.com: USS Philippine Sea's Deployment Enhances Security, Stability in Region 08/25/05 |
 | | USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), the Mayport, Fla.-based guided missile cruiser, has had a direct impact on the security and stability of the Middle East since arriving to the region in May as part of the U.S. Navy's new operational construct, the Fleet Response Plan (FRP), according to Capt. Gene Moran, the ship's commanding officer. |
 | | Philippine Sea, along with USS Hawes (FFG 53) and USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), deployed in May in support of maritime security operations (MSO). |
 | | The deployment is the latest implementation of FRP which is about new ways of operating, training, manning, and maintaining the fleet that results in increased readiness and the ability to provide significant combat power when and where it's needed. |
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