MSOCS, I'm not for one minute saying the support systems and people aren't very important but the end product is aircraft punching holes in the sky. The article was suggesting that the other vessels involved in supporting carrier ops were as important as the end result of carrier aircraft flying. Yes they are vital to the end result but, there sole purpose is to allow those planes to fly. Without the planes and their jockeys then the rest of the group might as well go home.