Sunday, January 1, 2017

There Are No U.S. Aircraft Carriers In The Middle East (And Probably For The Next Few Months)

USS John C. Stennis in the Arabian Sea.
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 5, 2012) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) operates in the Arabian Sea during sunset. John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Yeoman 3rd Class James Stahl/Released)

Defense News: Middle East Now Without a US Carrier

WASHINGTON — The Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group chopped out of the European theater of operations Dec. 26 and headed home to Norfolk after months of operating in the Arabian Gulf and the Mediterranean, where the strike jets of Carrier Air Wing 3 flew hundreds of missions against Islamic State group targets in Syria and Iraq. The homecoming is set for Dec. 30 — two days shy of the Navy’s stated goal of bringing the group home in seven months.

US carrier groups regularly relieve each other in theater, often handing off duties within sight of the other in the Arabian Gulf or Arabian Sea. But this time, no carrier is in the Eisenhower’s wake.

The relief ship, the carrier George H. W. Bush, has yet to leave Norfolk, and it's unlikely to do so before the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, according to a Navy source. The gap could last as long as two months, sources said, between the time the Eisenhower left the combat theater and the Bush arrives.

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More News On There Are Being No U.S. Aircraft Carriers In The Middle East

Report: Carrier Gap in Middle East Could Last Months -- DoD Buzz
No US carrier at sea leaves gap in Middle East -- FOX News
No U.S. Aircraft Carrier in Mideast for Next Few Months -- Haaretz
No US Aircraft Carriers Now Deployed; None Expected in Middle East for Months -- Sputnik

17 comments:

Jay Farquharson said...

Funny, Russia has a carrier there.

Unknown said...

Russia has Putin,

America has Obozo.

Jay Farquharson said...

Don't fret, a few days left and then Putin has Trump.

Anonymous said...

Only a few more days and u can officially apply with Obama for a job Jay.....he is always looking for little nazis to further the control of the Sheep!

Jay Farquharson said...

Putin's gonna make America Great again.

LMAO.

anon2 said...

Jay's turned into a massive butt-hurt d-bag since the election...to bad, I used to like his commentary

Jay Farquharson said...

LMAO,

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2016/12/30/171434/72

After Bush II, for a while I had hoped the US Voters would stop killing their country with self inicted wounds,

But then:

http://driftglass.blogspot.ca/2016/04/there-is-no-tea-party-epilogue.html?m=1

And of course:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S6V0S1m5a7U

In less than a years time, you'll be pretending you voted for Stien.

Gotta love self inflicted misery and pain, it's the core of physical comedy.

Anonymous said...

I agree....he is really nice if you agree with him....if you disagree he kinda reminds me Killary and Obama bin laden....they call you names if you disagree with them LMAO

Jay Farquharson said...

LMAO

Unknown said...

JabberJay reminds me of Trump in his business practices.

LMAO

Jay Farquharson said...

Trumph's gonna get you a "yoouge" deal on renting the Admiral Kunetsov to tide you guys over.

Unknown said...

Jay I want to sock your in the face

Jay Farquharson said...

LMAO,

Internet threats,

LMAO.

Suck it up, Buttercup.

Unknown said...

thing about JabberJay is that he has the same business practices as Trump and then he criticizes Trump.




JabberJay should be fired from his job. He does not know how fitting and cutting the epithet I use for him is.

Unknown said...

Jabberjay love it

Unknown said...

Not a threat. Just stating how I feel, but I do think I could knock you out cold if I had the chance if we are being honest

Unknown said...

JabberJay just needs to be made irrelevant is all.

Some village is missing its idiot and here JabberJay shows up laughing like a hyena.