Today at noon Eastern, the storied aircraft carrier Enterprise, aka CVN-65, left its home port of Naval Station Norfolk one final time for its final voyage with a heading: Arabian Sea, aka Iran. There in a week it will join CVN 72 Lincoln and CVN 70 Vinson, as well as LHD 8 Makin Island, all of which are supporting any potential escalation of “hostilities” in the Persian Gulf region. As a reminder, back in January we learned that the Enterprise’s final voyage will be in proximity to Iran, and in the meantime, the aircraft carrier held extended drills off the Florida coast to attack a “faux theocracy” consisting of fundamentalist “Shahida” states. Why the Arabian Sea in about 7-10 days will be home to not two but three aircraft carriers and a big deck amphibious warfare ship is very much an open question, although we may have some thoughts.
Thousands of sailors will deploy today from Norfolk on the USS Enterprise for the last time on Sunday.
Nearly 5,500 Sailors aboard the ships of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (ENT CSG) are scheduled to deploy from Naval Stations Norfolk and Mayport, Fla., March 9, 11 and 12, to support operations with the U.S. Navys 5th and 6th Fleets.
The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), commanded by Capt. William C. Hamilton Jr., will depart from Naval Station Norfolk for the ships 22nd and final deployment March 11.
CVN 65 will not be alone:
After the Enterprise leaves Sunday, three Norfolk-based guided-missile destroyers will head out Monday — the USS Porter, USS Nitze and USS James E. Williams.
The strike group is commanded by Rear Adm. Ted Carter Jr.
Carrier Air Wing 1, based at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, will be embarked aboard the Enterprise.
The Enterprise was launched September 24, 1960, by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. and commissioned November 25, 1961.
Its record of high-profile service began with the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Since then, it has served in countless missions around the world.
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The aircraft squadrons of CVW 1 embarked aboard Enterprise are: Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11 Red Rippers, VFA 136 Knighthawks, VFA 211 Fighting Checkmates, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251 Thunderbolts, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 123 Screwtops, Carrier Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 137 Rooks, Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40 Rawhides, and Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HSL) 11 Dragon Slayers.
Some pictures released minutes ago from Enterprise’s final deployment:
Finally, this is how congested the Arabian Sea looks right about now, where two carriers and one assault ship are currently located, via Stratfor.
My belief is that America is going to sink the enterprise and they are going to blame it to Iran so they can get in. Its old school tactics. Its an old ship so the best way to get rid of it instead of disposing uranium somewhere in America is the bottom of the ocean. We are not dumb guys. I just hope I’m wrong.
America is just trying to bully Iran. It can’t really dare attacking Iran.
“Russia has long since recovered from its economic and military disarray of the early 1990s. Under Vladimir Putin, it crushed the insurgency in Chechnya several years ago. It has some of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world, and is flush with cash. The U.S., by contrast, is beset with economic and military crises. Whatever support Saakashvili thought Washington could deliver, the U.S. could offer little more than words.”
As a consequence, Russian troops were able to seize control of Georgia fairly quickly and destroy its NATO-class military.”
1. The real aggressors are the USA/Israel and the Zionist which included lots of ChristStains.
The CIA/Mossad has been plinking off people left and right in Syria and saying the govt is doing it.
The motto of the Mossad is ‘by deception we will conquer”.
Its disgusting to see people here that support Israel. Even so called Christstains.
They are all in it together. These people hate Islam want take over the world.
I hope China and Russia step in and put the brakes on these vile Satanists
The U.S. cannot afford another war with a national debt of over 14 tillion dollars and growing exponencially due to compound interest. It is a sum that is imposible to pay. Inflation is the gradual bankruptsy of the government, the largest debtor of all, so that they can pay you in money worth far less than that which they borrowed from you. If the cities are filing chapter 9 bankruptsy and cutting public empoyees pernsions and health care benefits in half, what is to stop the states and the federal government from doing the same theing? Eventually when the speculative bubble burst, the creditors will be lucky if they get 5 cents on the dollar. It is a down hill race to the bottom. The people at the top of the financial pyramid have golden parachutes, while the rest of the people crash to the bottom.
The system is designed to keep the people in perpetual debt slavery. The political hacks in Washington are pawns of international finance. There is no accountability or transparency. Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law. They are aiding and abbeting a criminal enterprise. Anyone that exposes the corruption and fraud of the system is considered a dicident and a seditionist.