The Navy's last carrier, the first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford, remains effectively unsuitable for operational deployments as work continues to make key systems on that ship fully functional. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) has crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and is operating in the Mediterranean Sea, about two weeks after departing its homeport in Virginia on its latest deployment. After almost seven months at sea with no port calls, sailors from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) returned to their homeport in Virginia on Sunday. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), nicknamed Ike , is the second of 10 Nimitz class supercarriers in the United States Navy, named after the thirty fourth President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 2013 through 2014 VFA-105 once again deployed aboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve. by USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Public Affairs 24 January 2021. . As it stands now, the Navy is also trying to balance its current operational needs with a desire to significantly grow the overall size of its fleets, to a total of 500 ships or more, in the next 25 years. WASHINGTON After shattering the U.S. Navys modern record for consecutive time at sea, the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is preparing for another deployment early next year just six months after returning. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower returned to its homeport in Norfolk after going on its second deployment in a year. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. They have shown extreme professionalism and ownership of their ship, and they are ready to take IKE out to do what we do best launch and recover aircraft., USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) transits the Strait of Gibraltar on July, 7, 2021. ARABIAN SEA (April 13, 2021) - U.S. Navy F/A-18F and F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets, an E-2C Hawkeye tactical airborne early warning aircraft and French Marine Nationale Dassault Rafale fighter jets fly in formation over the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), during dual carrier operations with the aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) in the Arabian Sea, April 13. "And using these ships to the degree we have been guarantees that you are going to have this more significant readiness hole that youre going to have to dig out of on the back end. Even as the number of available carriers has dropped, the total amount of time the remaining flattops have been spending at sea has increased. Formal approval of this force structure plan, presently known as Battle Force 2045, which you can read about in more detail in this past War Zone piece, had already been pushed back and now appears to be on hold until President-Elect Joe Biden and his new administration takes office next year. During the deployment, the carrier strike group operated in both the 5th and 6th Fleets areas of operations. A U.S. 2nd Fleet spokesperson would not confirm the destination of the IKE Strike Group, however, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said earlier this week that the Navy will likely continue its constant carrier presence in U.S. Central Command for the foreseeable future. The COVID-19 pandemic meant that the crew had spent seven months at sea without a port visit. The ships that will deploy with Eisenhower are guided-missile cruisers USS Monterey (CG-61) and USS Vella Gulf (CG-72). The following are the components of the Eisenhower CSG. In recent years, the military has shown more willingness to take chances with leaving Central Command without a carrier. (Diana Stancy Correll/Navy Times). (Joe Fudge / Daily Press) The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to Naval Station Norfolk after a Middle East deployment. It was the third homecoming in as many days for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG). Eisenhower and cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG-56) pulled into Naval Station Norfolk, Va. in Sunday morning. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is currently preparing for an upcoming deployment in 2023 Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia / August 2021 - December 2022 . The embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 flew a combination of close air support missions that included the suppression of the Talibans ability to trigger remote bombs and improvised explosive devices, presence flights and strike missions in support of the withdrawal. What Im most proud of is the sailors onboard this ship have done an incredible job of inspecting the ship, documenting all the deficiencies. This was already 258 days more than the collective at-sea time for the service's carrier fleets in all of 2019, representing a 40 percent year-on-year increase. Likewise, the Ikes carrier strike group was responsible for providing close air support for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Its kinda like taking your car out for a spin after its been in the shop, reads a tweet from the ships official account. Aviation Electronics Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class David Floyd meets his son for the first time. Originally, she was named Eisenhower This includes calls for light aircraft carriers, an idea the service has explored, but passed on in the past. Its time to wish fair winds and following seas to some of the U.S. Navys shrinking fleet. Clark agreed that the deployment would put a lot of strain on Eisenhower that will be difficult to dig out from on an older hull. The first deployment kept the carrier at sea for seven months without a port call during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the crew of the entire IKE CSG was offered COVID-19 vaccines in a mass vaccination event over the weekend. USS Monterey (CG-61) and guided-missile destroyers USS Mitscher (DDG-57), USS Laboon (DDG-58), USS Mahan (DDG-72) and USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) are new to the carrier strike group this time around, swapping in to relieve other surface ship escorts that deployed last year. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and many other publications. In March 1961, by Public Law 87-3, signed by President John F. Kennedy, Ike was returned to the active list of the regular Army with the rank of general of the Army from December 1944. The double-pump deployments of both TR and Eisenhower highlight the ongoing strain of the carrier force that saw deployments at a five-year high in 2020. Experts and analysts have for years questioned, for example, the value of sending carriers to deter Iran given the enormous strain it puts on the Navy to constantly provide flattop presence in Central Command. (MC1 Jason Pastrick/Navy) The Gunslingers of VFA-105 from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. After just a few months home, the aging Ike will soon deploy again. And again, were going to look at ourselves and make sure our resources are in alignment with our priorities based on our strategy going forward.. These readiness dips become deeper and deeper the older the ship gets.. Its hard for people outside the Navy to recognize how much of a readiness debt it is to deploy an older ship like the Eisenhower like that, Clark said. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) (@TheCVN69) July 18, 2021. . 71 NORFOLK, VA (Mar. Swapping the escorts and changing the units embarked on the carrier are designed to take some of the strain out of a double-pump deployment for the East Coast sailors, two Navy officials told USNI News. The USS Carl Vinson is in the process of working up for its own 2021 cruise, which is set to be the first where the embarked air wing will be equipped with F-35C Joint Strike Fighters and CMV-22B Osprey tilt-rotors. "When she comes home, based on how much she has been used, you would expect she would go into the yards for a lengthy availability because of what weve asked of her. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) has crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and is operating in the Mediterranean Sea, about two weeks after departing its homeport in Virginia on its latest deployment. Now that the carrier is back, it will soon enter a 12-month maintenance period at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Campagna said. He has covered legislation, acquisition and operations for the Sea Services since 2009 and spent time underway with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the Canadian Navy. US Navy Photo The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group deployed today for the second time in a year, after wrapping up a final training and certification exercise with its new set of cruiser and destroyer escorts. According to a Navy news release, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is commanded by Rear Adm. Scott Robertson and includes flagship USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), commanded by Capt. Perhaps a newer ship could take that beating, but Eisenhower will require more work at the other end. After that problem was fixed and the ship returned to the sea. Helping to support the end of a 20-year conflict was really special and it gave our all of our sailors, pilots and air crew the entire force gave us a real sense of purpose to be over there knowing that our operations were going to be protecting American lives on the ground, Robertson said. Several sources from within the carrier's community tell Navy Times that the crew has been told to expect to deploy anywhere from November to January, with a restriction-of-movement period, or. Starting in the spring of 2019, the U.S. Navy has been asked to keep a near-constant presence in the region, straining the CVN fleet. Carrier Strike Group 2 To continue that progress, readiness production planning looks out nine years, across the entirety of the fleet. So to be able to be here at the end was a pretty incredible feeling., A sailor prepares to return to Norfolk and overlooks the amphibious assault ship Kearsarge. Life Aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower - Work and Play CVN69 IKE 65K views 5. Christopher "Chowdah". The carrier, its escorts and Carrier Air Wing 3 are expected to make a . Theyve had time to look at the jobs that need to get done and to integrate the schedule together and determine a really nice path that we can go through in order to get the ship out on time, Campagna said. Norfolk-based CSG 2 commands the Dwight D. Eisenhower CSG and is embarked on the carrier. In the wake of the Trump administrations rollout of the National Defense Strategy, Mattis talked about the need to stop overextending the carrier force, and spoke specifically about needing to get away from operational predictability where an adversary could predict years in advance where the U.S. Navys carriers would be. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group [TRCSG] is currently underway conducting operations in U.S. Third Fleet [area of responsibility]," Navy Commander Sean Robertson said in a statement to USNI News. The composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) the strike group went through to receive final certification to deploy included a NATO-designed vignette meant to help CSG leadership become more proficient with NATO protocols for command and control, sharing targeting data and more. Eisenhower spent seven straight months at sea last year without touching land and primarily operating in the North Arabian Sea before returning to Norfolk, Va., in August. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin extended the Eisenhower's deployment to facilitate this assistance. Since returning from deployment in August, the ships and squadrons of CSG-3 have trained continuously to ensure that they are ready to answer the call if needed. The threat of outbreaks has also forced ships and their crews to stay at sea longer, with very visible impacts in the form of often rusty vessels returning home after protracted deployments. The Dusty Dogs of HSC-7 Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) from Naval Station Norfolk, Va. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. She served as the . Last month, the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group left San Diego for its own second deployment within a year. There has also been talk of repurposing amphibious assault ships for a similar role, to help provide additional carrier capacity, something the Navy, together with the U.S. Marine Corps, is already experimenting with. An internal Office of the Secretary of Defense study obtained by Defense News earlier in the year called for the Navy to cut two carriers from its force structure. The Ike deployed to the Middle East from June to December 2012, only to turn right back around two months later for another four-and-a-half months. After Ikes last double-pump deployment in 2012 and 2013, the ship spent two years in repairs from 2013 through 2015. The flattop and other elements of its carrier strike group had sailed to the Indian Ocean in November for the latest iteration of the Malabar naval exercise with India, Australia, and Japan, but had returned to the Middle East on Nov. 25, ostensibly to be in a position to better support planned drawdowns of U.S. forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan, redeployments that are still in progress. Theyll be home at the end of a 90-day deployment. "We are happy that the other party has got the message and made its behavior more respectful," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters in response to Paparo's remarks the next day. The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower sits in dry dock in 2013 after a double-pump deployment to the Middle East. The USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower will have deployed twice in 12 months, which puts immense strain on the ships and their crews. This, of course, has not come to pass. Their first operational deployment with the Group II aircraft was in early 1997 to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. The work on Truman follows that carrier's own double-pump deployment period. Meanwhile, the Hudner returned to Naval Station Mayport on July 17. have already explored in depth in the past how, even before COVID-19 further complicated the situation, the Navy's fleets, along with their crews, were being progressively worn down and that it was being faced with ever-diminishing returns that would have cascading impacts across the service. Ike then went on a deployment in 2016 that came at a price, according to the ships commanding officer Capt. The service's shipbuilding plan currently calls for the decommissioning of the USS Nimitz and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in Fiscal Years 2025 and 2027, respectively. It has been largely relegated to training duties in the meantime. Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) are deploying again after setting out for an earlier deployment in January 2020. "It continues to train and perform together as a unit in order to be ready for any, and all, challenges.". The Dwight D. Eisenhower Strike Group is underway in the Atlantic conducting operations, demonstrating the inherent flexibility of the naval force, 2nd Fleet spokesperson Cmdr. The Ford was initially supposed to deploy in 2018, but delays with getting the ships nearly 23 new technologies all in working and reliable condition have pushed back the timeline by at least four years. The Enterprise left Norfolk on May 2, along with the cruiser USS Leyte Gulf, the destroyer USS McFaul, the frigate USS Nicholas and the attack submarine . Is Secretary of Defense Mattis planning radical changes to how the Navy deploys? Mattis told House lawmakers that it was time to take a critical look at the way the Navy deploys its carriers. The US Navy's latest aircraft carrier deployment began in an unusual way, and it appears to be part of efforts to make the service less predictable. The Mighty IKE crew has been preparing for sea trials since we entered the PIA at NNSY, said Capt. The Eisenhower got underway for deployment in February 2021 after having just returned from their previous deployment in August 2020. Mitchell McCallister, deputy commander of Carrier Air Wing 3, told reporters. I flew my first combat sortie in 2001 over Afghanistan. When in 2018 Mattis described to the House Armed Services Committee in how requirements on the Navys carrier strike groups were breaking families and maintenance cycles, he may well have been thinking about the Eisenhowers recent history. - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) returned home to Naval Station Norfolk July 18 following a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation, the U.S. 2nd Fleet said in a release. late President's grandson, D. David Eisenhower II. Two other carrier strike groups are deployed today: the Nimitz CSG in near Hawaii on its way home to the West Coast from a deployment to the Middle East, and the Theodore Roosevelt CSG is operating in the Philippine Sea, according to Thursdays USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker. The carrier and its escorts are expected to complete a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) off the East Coast ahead of a deployment likely to the Middle East to relieve the Nimitz carrier strike group. The way you do this is [to] ensure that preparation for great power competition drives not simply a rotational schedule that allows me to tell you, three years from now, which aircraft carrier will be where in the world, he told House lawmakers. Perhaps the biggest single factor that broke fleet readiness was a two-year standing requirement pushed by then-U.S. Central Command head Gen. Jim Mattis for the Navy to provide two carrier strike groups to the Persian Gulf. The Navy has, so far, declined to say where either carrier, and their associated strikes groups, might be headed for their next deployments. Amphibious warship USS Makin Island (LHD-8), with an embarked detachment of Marine F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, is currently operating in the Persian Gulf. Adding to the complexity, the Navy had limited funding due to budget cuts triggered by a stalemate in Congress over spending. She served as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 8 commanded by Rear Admiral Kurt W. Tidd. In July, the Navy notably sent two aircraft carrier strike groups together into that body of water for the first time in six years. That requirement was only canceled when automatic across-the-board spending cuts in 2013 made it impossible for the Navy to fund it. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) on Jan. 25, 2021. The USS John C. Stennis is in preparing for the start of its RCOH next year. "We have achieved an uneasy deterrence [with Iran]. 0:47 13.6K views 8 92 327 Kyle Higgins, and a follow-on six-month availability after that deployment turned into a nearly 18-month affair. That makes sense when readiness production is planned over nine years and large blocks of time have already been scheduled for depot maintenance periods.. Austin said in a Feb. 25 media gaggle that Id like to have a carrier in every spot in the world, you know. Furthermore, given the Eisenhowers age, any significant issues could mean the Navy risks losing the carrier all together, Hendrix said. That movement also came just days before the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Laurence Kuhn, the force medical officer at Naval Air Force Atlantic, said during the same media call that the vaccine is our way to try to get back to some level of normalcy. The U.S. Navy provided sea control and maritime superiority, which paved the way for the introduction of U.S. and allied air and ground forces. Bush and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower overlap by one day at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on Aug. 25, 2021. (Diana Stancy Correll/Navy Times). "The strike group is a combat-ready national asset capable of both deterrence and offensive strike that provides our national command authority with flexible options, all domain access, and a visible forward presence. In February, the carrier strike group started vaccinating sailors, and ultimately 95 percent of the crew received the jab. Sailors on Eisenhower were at sea for 206 consecutive days until they came home and were finally allowed off the ship. On the East Coast, USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) is set to deploy again by early next year. VF-32 made subsequent deployments aboard USS TARAWA (CV 40) in 1953 and the USS TICONDEROGA (CV 14) in 1955. Carrier Air Wing 3 will deploy on Eisenhower, along with Destroyer Squadron 22 all part of Carrier Strike Group 2. The Navy had eased its carrier presence there in 2018 but since May 2019 has tried to keep a carrier nearby to deter Iran from acting aggressively towards its neighbors or threatening merchant shipping in nearby waters. Though keeping a carrier in or near the Persian Gulf as a hedge against Iran was the practice of the Trump administration, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the Biden administration would be taking a hard look at global force posture and questioning whether it was necessary to spend limited carrier readiness on that mission in U.S. 5th Fleet. The latest deployment comes as the Navy is managing a stressed carrier force that is working to keep up with demand for forces, as USNI News outlined last week. The IKE CSG is the most likely candidate to head to the region, USNI News understands. What we wound up actually executing was radically different but were trained for that, Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander of Carrier Strike Group 2 told reporters on Ikes bridge. - Explosions: There have been 114 documented explosions and other ordnance mishaps, including ammunition explosions, and explosions which were the result of fires. On October 18, 1977, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) was placed in commission at Pier 12, Naval . Hearing a couple jets flying overhead, it makes you know, that, hey, theres capability in the air, Robertson told reporters. In addition to the strike groups deployed for national tasking, USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) departed its berth in Naval Air Station North Island for a sustainment exercise on Saturday, while USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) left for its own sustainment exercise on Nov. 29. Since USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) left for its first deployment on Feb. 20, 2020, the ship has been deployed for 320 of the last 514 days - not counting training exercises and restriction of movement periods that have kept sailors away from family and loved ones. Also embarked was Carrier Air Wing 7 and the staff of Commander, Destroyer Squadron 28. It has Uncle Sam holding a globe showing the CENTCOM area. What if the US stopped sending aircraft carriers to the Arabian Gulf? Ashley Hockycko told USNI News on Tuesday. Ike is getting ready to leave early next year on another deployment. Ikes redeployment also seems to cut against an effort to build in more reserve readiness in the Navys carrier strike groups, an initiative spearheaded by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. ARABIAN SEA (NNS) - As of June 25, 2020, the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) and its escort ship, the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56), have been continuously at sea for 161 days, setting a new record for the U.S. Navy. 6th Fleet (@USNavyEurope) March 5, 2021, As that exercise wound down, Eisenhower posted on Twitter that it realized it was operating in the vicinity of the Italian FREMM frigate and sought ought the chance to do what friends do cruise together.. A Nimitz- class supercarrier, the Dwight D. Eisenhower, or Ike, was commissioned in 1977 in Newport News, Virginia. Since returning to the region, Nimitz has remained outside of the Persian Gulf, as U.S. carriers typically do due to the increased threats that they face from Iran in the tight confines of that body of water. The carrier Bush, just 10 years old, has also seen its share of technical issues and is currently in a shipyard availability for more than two years to address long-standing technical issues with the ships plumbing system among other things. USS George H.W. Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) left Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Tuesday morning for a training exercise ahead of a deployment, a Navy official confirmed to USNI News. That brought the total underway time for the Navys second-oldest carrier to 10-and-a-half months in a single year. Eisenhower Battle Group, Wasp ARG deploy NAVY WIRE SERVICE (NWS) - February 22, 2000 -- The ships and squadrons of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Carrier Battle Group began a scheduled six-month deployment Feb. 18. Heres the local story from a norfolk va. news channel. USS INDEPENDENCE Carrier Battle Group is in Indian Ocean and USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Carrier Battle Group is in the Mediterranean. The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to Naval Station Norfolk after a Middle East deployment Aug. 6. As of Dec. 6, that carrier was operating in the North Arabian Sea. A total of 23 LCS vessels were commissioned over time, but Navy officials said that refocusing the class on mine countermeasure missions means fewer ships are needed. From the last deployment, we looked at how our mental health numbers were compared to other carriers in the fleet and our numbers look pretty good, Cmdr. When the Iraqi army invaded Kuwait on 2 August 1990, the United States deployed a major joint force as part of a multination coalition to stop President Saddam Hussein's brutal aggression. We look at suicide related interventions as part of that. The ship itself is closing in on its 50-year hull life, meaning that, like any classic car, it needs ever-more and ever-longer periods of heavy maintenance as steel wears out, pipes erode and electrical systems start to go on the fritz. We continue to recover readiness from the conditions that led to the introduction of OFRP in 2014, Capt. According to Robertson, specific air support missions included suppressing the Talibans ability to communicate and detonate improvised explosive devices, precision strikes, along with show of force operations. So the fact that everyone is in it together is a great support system, Ikes commander, Capt. In actuality, the largest American naval deployment to the Mediterranean occurred 36 years ago during a war that didn't directly involve the United States. (Diana Stancy Correll/Navy Times). Unlike the Theodore Roosevelt CSG, Eisenhower will deploy under the leadership of a different carrier strike group and an almost entirely new set of escorts, USNI News has learned. For nuclear ships submarines and aircraft carriers the funding cuts were a double whammy of work stoppages and furloughs that contributed to a wave of retirements in the yards, meaning the public yards were understaffed and had to hire and train new workers. The strait transit comes after the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group exercised with the Moroccan Navy and Air Force last week and interacted with Italian Navy frigate ITS Luigi Rizzo (F 595) on March 5. The LCSs have been criticized for lacking armor, firepower, and redundancy, making them vulnerable to enemy attacks and accidents. Sam LaGrone is the editor of USNI News. President Eisenhower left office on Jan. 20, 1961, after 50 years of service to his country. Over the weekend, including Ikes sea trials, six U.S. carriers were underway. Washington D.C., March 17, 2021 - During the 1950s and early 1960s, a remarkable number of crises arose during which U.S. leaders made threats, authorized nuclear weapons for use, and put strategic forces in a higher state of readiness, manifesting an almost reflexive reliance on displays of military force, according to a National Security Archive study posted today of declassified records . Theres going to be gaps at periods of time. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) departed Norfolk for deployment on Feb. 18 after completing a six-week, historic composite unit training exercise (COMPTUEX). This time around, several things are different. nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) in the Irish Sea on 13 March 1986, ultimately led to a decision to retire the submarine early. Further exacerbating the issue is a supply crunch created by the long delay to getting the carrier Gerald R. Ford ready to deploy. The aircraft carrier is now set to undergo a maintenance availability, which is currently scheduled for approximately 12 months, according to Eisenhower Commanding Officer Capt. But the decision to redeploy Eisenhower early next year is the second double-pump carrier deployment in as many years and will almost certainly send the 43-year-old ship into another extended period of repairs, experts said. The additional strains from double-pump deployments only add to the figurative and literal bills that the Navy will have to pay down the road in order to get out of this increasingly worrisome cycle. The extensive overhaul of Bush takes it out of the rotation for deployments. US Navy Photo. Aircraft carrier After showing signs of improvement following two deadly collisions in 2017, the Navy is again under pressure to provide aircraft carrier presence to the Middle East for the American regional force . As of Monday, five U.S. aircraft carriers were underway across the world following the deployment of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group from California on Saturday, according to Mondays edition of the USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker. Multiple news reports have made clear that morale is suffering, too. During testimony on March 10, McKenzie told House lawmakers that the aircraft carrier has a profound deterring affect principally upon Iran..
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