Keywords: US Navy 060207-N-0696M-517 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Mike Mullen speaks with reporters during a roundtable session about the Navy's Long Range Shipbuilding Plan just submitted to Congress.jpg en Washington D C Feb 7 2006 - Chief of Naval Operations CNO Adm Mike Mullen speaks with reporters during a roundtable session about the Navy's Long Range Shipbuilding Plan just submitted to Congress The plan which maintains the requirement for 11 aircraft carriers will reverse the fleet's decline in size by growing from 281 ships today to about 313 ships in the future U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Chad J McNeeley RELEASED 2006-02-07 060207-N-0696M-517 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 31831 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Chad J McNeeley PD-USGov-Military-Navy Michael G Mullen in 2006 |