The height of Nimitz's flight deck is equivalent to the height of a six-floor building, which should give you an idea how big USS Nimitz is. USS Nimitz will be at Newport News Shipbuilding during the NAD Conference in 2000. Prior to the overhaul, the Eisenhower was on a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Gulf and Adriatic Sea. This was Eisenhower's second complex overhaul, the first being performed at Newport News in 1985. An aircraft carrier undergoing an overhaul in a dry dock at Newport News Shipbuilding.
Military business is the backbone of the economy in Hampton Roads.
Nearly a third of the region's workers earn a paycheck from the Department of the Defense or a private defense contractor. Virginia typically ranks at least third in the country in defense spending with the bulk of allocations going to Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia. On a per capita basis, Virginia is frequently first in defense expenditures. In 1993 the region became the training center for all joint military operations. This makes Norfolk second in prominence only to the Pentagon.