USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group ordered to ‘accelerate’ to Middle East
Story by Nicholas Slayton • 7h • 3 min read
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group to speed up its transit to the Middle East, as the United States prepares for a possible retaliatory strike by Iran against Israel following an assassination inside Tehran.
The Department of Defense announced the deployments on Sunday, Aug. 11, following a talk with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant. He also ordered the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia to the U.S. Central Command area of operations.
The carrier strike group was already set to head to the Middle East, but Austin ordered it to “ accelerate its transit to the Central Command area of responsibility.”
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