Reagan Carrier Strike Group Now in Indian Ocean, Heading to Middle East

[rangerrebew]

Reagan Carrier Strike Group Now in Indian Ocean, Heading to Middle East
By: Mallory Shelbourne
June 21, 2021 5:43 PM

 

The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is in the Indian Ocean as it heads to the Middle East to help provide support for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), Carrier Air Wing 5 and its escorts are moving through the Indian Ocean after drilling with Singapore’s Navy last week in the South China Sea, according to the June 21 USNI News Fleet Tracker.

Reagan, the Navy’s forward-deployed carrier based in Yokosuka, Japan, will make a rare patrol in U.S. Central Command to support the U.S. military as it winds down the two-decade war in Afghanistan. Reagan will relieve USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), which has been operating in the Middle East since April and is on its second deployment within a year.

https://news.usni.org/2021/06/21/reagan-carrier-strike-group-now-in-indian-ocean-heading-to-middle-east

[rangerrebew]

Why?  It certainly isn't to help Afghanistan.  It isn't for support of Israel since the administration is full of anti-semites.  The only thing I can think of is they are there to support Iran if Israel attacks.