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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