15 and has been gradually heading east ever since. Stennis, she deployed from Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton Oct. Lincoln is expected to arrive in SoCal later this calendar year.įor the carrier John C. The carrier Abraham Lincoln, which left Naval Station Norfolk on April 1, will eventually head to her new homeport of San Diego after a seven-year stay that included nearly four years in complex midlife overhaul. Both carriers have spent most of their respective service lives operating from U.S. The aircraft carriers are not only on scheduled deployments, but are also conducting homeport shifts, too. “Diplomatic communication and dialogue coupled with the strong defense these ships provide demonstrate to Russia that if it truly seeks better relations with the United States, it must cease its destabilizing activities around the world.” “Dual carrier operations here in the Mediterranean showcase the inherent flexibility and scalability maritime forces provide to the joint force, while demonstrating our ironclad commitment to the stability and security of the region.” 6th Fleet, said in a April 22 statement as the Stennis arrived in the region.
“It’s a rare opportunity to train with two carrier strike groups together,” Vice Adm. Truman and the Theodore Roosevelt both operated from the eastern Mediterranean flying combat sorties into Iraq during the opening days of Iraqi Freedom.īut this time, it’s the Russians who are most likely to pay attention to the Navy’s armada as tensions have risen in the adjacent Black Sea in recent months as the two Cold War adversaries have again become near-peer competitors. Stennis (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeremiah Bartelt/Navy)īefore that, you have to go back to 2003, when the Harry S. An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 flies past the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a photo exercise with carrier John C.
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