US has three carriers in West Pacific for first time since '07
The Navy also announced the USS Michigan — which can carry as many as 66 Navy SEALs and 154 Tomahawks — arrived in South Korea
By Tony Capaccio
Bloomberg News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy has three aircraft carriers and their assorted missile-carrying vessels deployed to the western Pacific Ocean for the first time in a decade as tensions with North Korea remain high and President Donald Trump prepares to depart for Asia next week.
The milestone was reached Wednesday when the USS Nimitz and its strike group entered the Western Pacific region after operating in the Middle East, according to a Navy press release. The USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, including a cruiser and three destroyers, entered the region Oct. 23, joining the USS Ronald Reagan.
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