CNO: USS Lincoln Persian Gulf Trip No Surprise — ‘Planned For Some Time’

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 CNO: USS Lincoln Persian Gulf Trip No Surprise — ‘Planned For Some Time’

CNO John Richardson said Monday that, essentially, the Persian Gulf deployment was business as usual. "The Abraham Lincoln Strike Group was planned to deploy for some time now," he told the SeaAirSpace conference.
By Paul McLeary on May 06, 2019 at 6:22 PM


WASHINGTON:  The day after the White House released a stern statement announcing the immediate deployments of an aircraft carrier strike group and bomber wing to the Persian Gulf to deter an unnamed Iranian threat, Navy chief Adm. John Richardson was put in what has become a familiar position for the Pentagon brass: explaining a surprise White House statement on a controversial topic.

In response to National Security Advisor Advisor John Bolton’s Sunday evening statement that the forces were being dispatched to the Gulf in response to “a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings,” by Iran, Richardson said Monday that, essentially, the deployment was just business as usual.

https://breakingdefense.com/2019/05/cno-uss-lincoln-persian-gulf-trip-no-surprise-planned-for-some-time/

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There used to be a carrier in the Gulf all the time until the Imam Obama had them pulled so his co-conspirators in Iran wouldn't be so nervous.