Business Insider: US Navy says the Ford carrier strike group is finally heading home after its first full deployment was upended by war
* The Navy's new aircraft carrier is returning to the US after being sent into waters near Israel.
* The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group was sent to stop the Israel-Hamas war from expanding.
* The CSG's deployment was repeatedly extended.
The US Navy is finally bringing the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group home after it was abruptly tasked to the eastern Mediterranean in response to the Israel-Hamas war and kept at sea longer than planned.
The Ford carrier strike group was sent to the eastern Mediterranean in October during its first full deployment in an effort to "contribute to our regional deterrence and defense posture," the Navy said in a statement.
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USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Heading Home After 8 Months And 2 Extensions
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is returning home after extended deployment defending Israel -- AP
US Navy ending aircraft carrier's Middle East deployment -- Reuters
USS Gerald R Ford strike group heading home to Norfolk -- Navy Times
USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier heads home after standing guard near Israel following Oct. 7 attack -- FOX News
US Navy’s largest aircraft carrier returning to US after extended deployment in Mediterranean -- CNN
US sends aircraft carrier back to Virginia from Israel -- The Hill
Carrier USS Ford Finally Heads Home After Extended Mission in East Med -- Maritime Executive
Tweaking the ‘defense posture’: USS Gerald Ford strike group to leave the Mediterranean -- Breaking Defense
Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Heading Home After 8 Months, 2 Extensions -- USNI News
2 comments:
I think better senses prevailed and the US decided to leave Iran alone. To hit them would be the end of Israel and stable oil prices for the foreseeable future. Time to focus on getting our wonderful president re-elected for his second term.
Plus they were out of the good poptarts
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