Originally Posted by
Royalistflyer
USMC aircraft aboard our carrier ...... and able to veto any order we try to give because they can simply say "our President doesn't want that"
Nope. Such a deployment would come with a lengthy MOU that would cover a whole host of operational limits and RoE considerations. We had a similar issue to address when a few strike aircraft were based on UK soil, an MOU with which I am familiar but it's been a few years. There were some targets and places our US aircraft could not strike, and it was all spelled out in the MOU, as were PROCEDURES for sorting out gray area and edge cases. You see, we have a special relationship with our British friends and we have found out how to work together over the years.
We have no control, we have no say,
Wrong. See above.
Can the Americans just tell us they want the ship in the Pacific and we have to meekly send it there?
Nope
Who did our taxpayers build the ship for?
The UK. Hopefully, our two navies will work together as well or better in the future as we have done in the past.
This answer was provided in lieu of "YGBSM!"