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.
On the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the US Navy had 3 aircraft carriers in the Pacific. The Enterprise had just delivered 12 Marine fighters to Wake Island and â¦ was on her way to Pearl.