in case anyone was wondering, the USS Truman is in the Atlantic, doing fligh deck certification;
the USS Roosevelt is apparently due to deploy in March. Presumably to the Med?
The USS Nimitz is in the Pacific - just normal exercising, so they don't go rusty.
No signs of submarines moving out in excess numbers.
PS: an aside comment in the last 24 hours claims the USS Nimitz is now deployed to support GWoT.
This is not confirmed, but worrying if so, since I have not seen an official announcement on it and she is not due to leave for a while.
Could just be someone who equates "at sea" with "deployed"
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Lots of news and speculation on possible steps to mobilization by US forces to position for a strike on Iran.
more random naval ponderings
The aircraft carrier USS Lincoln has arrived in the Persian Gulf, where it briefly overlapped with the USS Truman - which has now left and is in the Med.
"...As the country drifts slowly to war"
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is being reinforced.
That is not good.
It is generally true that aircraft carriers to not launch air strikes while in harbour.
I believe it has been done, probably by a UK carrier at Malta, but generally not a good idea.