"Today at noon Eastern, the storied aircraft carrier Enterprise, aka CVN-65, left its home
port of Naval Station Norfolk
one final time for its final voyage with a heading: Arabian Sea, aka
Iran. There in a week it will join CVN 72 Lincoln and CVN 70 Vinson, as
well as LHD 8 Makin Island, all of which are supporting any potential escalation
of "hostilities" in the Persian Gulf region. As a reminder, back in January we
learned that the Enterprise's final voyage will be in proximity
to Iran, and in the meantime, the aircraft carrier held extended
drills off the Florida coast to attack a "faux theocracy" consisting of
fundamentalist "Shahida" states. Why the Arabian Sea in about 7-10 days will be
home to not two but three aircraft carriers and a big
deck amphibious warfare ship is very much an open question, although we may have
some thoughts.
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Thousands of sailors will deploy today from Norfolk on the USS Enterprise for the last time on Sunday.CVN 65 will not be alone:
Nearly 5,500 Sailors aboard the ships of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (ENT CSG) are scheduled to deploy from Naval Stations Norfolk and Mayport, Fla., March 9, 11 and 12, to support operations with the U.S. Navys 5th and 6th Fleets.
The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), commanded by Capt. William C. Hamilton Jr., will depart from Naval Station Norfolk for the ships 22nd and final deployment March 11.
After the Enterprise leaves Sunday, three Norfolk-based guided-missile destroyers will head out Monday — the USS Porter, USS Nitze and USS James E. Williams..."at http://www.zerohedge.com/news/aircraft-carrier-enterprise-sets-final-journey-direction-iran
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