Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Approaching Mediterranean, French Deploy Warships Near Israel

[rangerrebew]

Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Approaching Mediterranean, French Deploy Warships Near Israel
By: Sam LaGrone
October 26, 2023 4:14 PM


Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) conducts routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 18, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is more than halfway across the Atlantic on its way to join the mass of U.S. naval forces in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East following the Hamas attacks on Israel earlier this month. Meanwhile, the French deployed an amphibious warship to join U.S. and U.K. ships to deter the conflict from spreading beyond Israel.

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is now operating in the eastern Atlantic Ocean after leaving the East Coast late last week, defense officials confirmed to USNI News on Thursday. Within the next few days, the carrier and its escorts are expected to transit the Strait of Gibraltar

The Ike Carrier Strike Group, which includes Arleigh Burke–class destroyers USS Gravely (DDG-107) and USS Mason (DDG-87) and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG-58), deployed Oct. 14 with Carrier Air Wing 3 embarked, according to the USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker.

https://news.usni.org/2023/10/26/carrier-uss-dwight-d-eisenhower-approaching-mediterranean-french-deploy-warships-near-israel

[Hoodat]

I wish they would make up their minds.  Is the Eisenhower going into the Med fishbowl?  Or is it going to the Persian Gulf where it will be far more useful?  Last week, someone at the Pentagon announced they were sending it to the Persian Gulf.  Hopefully, they don't tell Biden.

If you want to set good foreign policy, ask Biden what to do, and then do the exact opposite.