The US Has Deployed Four Aircraft Carrier Strike Groups

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IBTimes: US Deploys Four Aircraft Carrier Strike Groups Amid South China Sea Tensions, Fight Against ISIS

The U.S. has deployed four aircraft-carrier strike groups in a move not seen in almost four years, Defense News reported late Monday.

“It’s all been in the works for months as part of the Global Force Management program,” a Navy official said, underscoring that the deployments were not in response to specific crises.

Two other carriers are conducting local operations for a total of six out of 10 in the fleet participating in operations. The high deployment numbers come at a moment of increased tensions in the South China Sea and as the fight against the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, continues. The USS Harry S. Truman is conducting operations in the eastern Mediterranean against ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

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Update #1: US Navy Deploys Most Carrier Strike Groups Since 2012 -- Defense News
Update #2: US Simultaneously Deploys Most Aircraft Carrier Groups in Almost Four Years -- Sputnik

WNU Editor: And the Pentagon is going out of its way in promoting these deployments .... Navy Chief Touts Power of Carrier Strike Group in South China Sea (Military.com)