Gen. Mattis, a native of the Pacific Northwest, graduated from Central Washington State University in 1972. He is also a graduate of the Amphibious Warfare School, Marine Corps Command and Staff College and the National War College.
These Are The 20 Aircraft Carriers In Service Today. Despite aircraft carriers immense cost, the Navy believes there is no replacing a well-armed, aircraft equipped, sovereign piece of U.S. territory, powered by dual nuclear reactors.
The US and the UK are both debuting new aircraft carriers â Here's how they stack up to the rest of the world. In July the world saw the debut of two powerful new classes of aircraft carriers, the US Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford and the UK Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth. Both carriers push the boundaries of modern engineering and represent the first new carrier designs in decades.