About 4,800 sailors from the Reagan and its strike group, air wing and destroyer escorts will be allowed ashore to tour and shop, according to a news release from the strike group's public affairs office.
Recreational activities will include shopping trips, desert safaris, city tours, golf and a water-park visit.
This is the Reagan's third port visit since leaving San Diego Jan. 4 for a cruise to the western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. The strike group's tour is expected to last six months.
Jebel Ali is a major hub of U.S. military supply operations in the Persian Gulf. It is the operational headquarters of Dubai Ports World, the UAE-owned company that recently came under fire for its plans to take over management of six U.S. ports.
You don't have to be rich.
Since the UAE is the ONLY deep water port big enough to take our aircraft carriers, we'd ALL better hope the ports deal does not impact that at least.