Carrier Strike Group Rushes To Persian Gulf

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2012/08/27/Carrier-strike-group-rushes-to-PersianGulf/UPI-35731346063400/ ^ | August 27, 2012

[Strategy]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis is being rushed to the Persian Gulf as tensions between Israel and Iran edge closer to the boiling point.

The Nimitz class carrier, with an air wing of about 90 aircraft, sets sail Monday on an eight-month deployment to the region -- four months ahead of schedule.

In the gulf it will join the USS Enterprise Strike Group, giving the United States a powerful deterrent to any Iranian attack on commercial oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz or a counterpunch to Iranian military action against U.S. military facilities in the region or those of its allies.

[Navy Patriot]

...a counterpunch to Iranian military action against U.S. military facilities in the region or those of its allies, including the Syrian rebel insurrection, and Muslim Brotherhood Islamic militants.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“and being shot off the deck the following morning after observing a night recovery.”

Hopefully you were in an aircraft both times.

[Hoodat]

Looks like the October surprise may come early this election. The only two cabinet officials that Obama has been having late-afternoon meetings with are Geithner and Panetta. Obama needs to play the ‘Commander-in-Chief’ card in order to gain more votes in November.

[chrisser]

Without giving too much in the way of detail, can anyone generalize about how much time it takes to get a carrier battle group deployed that far ahead of schedule?

Just curious how long ago this decision would have to have been made and communicated out in order to get everyone back aboard, get everything loaded, etc. I assume there was planned maintenance that would now be deferred too.

I’m under the assumption that these ships weren’t just sitting around idly by four months early.

[Vaquero]

And the GOP convention begins. May we say the timing is suspicions?

For the POSOTUS slime and gutless maneuvers are nothing new, it is the stylings of all Communist thugs...and it is in the top five of Sol Alinksy's playbook

[nevergore]

American’s aren’t tired of war....

American’s are tired of bullsh*t nation building like Afghanistan.....

Get in, destroy and leave quickly...let the bad guys deal with their own aftermath....

[sam_paine]

That’s pretty cool. How much overlap and training is required to to get carrier certified? Was yours under emergency or why would they let you play in their sandbox?

[Truth29]

To deter Iran or deter Israel by monitoring the positions of her subs and aircraft?

[TSgt]

LOL! C2

[Doofer]

America is tired of war. If Obama starts something up in Iran, he will lose his base bigtime.

I agree.....

[crosshairs]

Obama wags dogs over open fire pits, before he eats them. Kinda like ‘smores.

[teflon9]

Proverbs 26:11.

[Rappini]

Here we go it looks like Wag the Dog time for Barry Hussein Soetoro. Just before the election.

[TSgt]

Oh I’m not a flyer. Just a computer/crypto geek. My unit and the Stennis exchanged radar air pictures and data links in support of Operation Southern Watch so we did a troop exchange to see “the other side.”

Poor Navy guys got to go to the desert in the middle of nowhere.

[crosshairs]

“and being shot off the deck the following morning after observing a night recovery.”

Hopefully you were in an aircraft both times.

I was thinking pirate sniper or something.

[StAnDeliver]

"I’m sure that Zero will be the hero for both the impending hurricane and whatever happens with the Israel/Iran thing before the election. It will be enough to push him over the edge for the November victory. Watch...it will happen this way."

What's the bet that it doesn't?

[StAnDeliver]

"But at least mine was done in the Med where there were some decent liberty ports. I cannot imagine where ships sent to the Persian Gulf dock to let the crew blow off steam."

Dubai's not bad, and these days, they want the money.

[AU72]

Just curious how long ago this decision would have to have been made and communicated out in order to get everyone back aboard, get everything loaded, etc.

The most likely war scenarios are planned and wargamed early on. The scenario, "Israel strikes Iran" is probably the one updated the most. We most likely do not know the timing but prudent military planning requires having the assets the plan says are needed deployed ahead of action and that is what we may be seeing.

[ryan71]

I think you’re right. Normally, the American public would cross all party lines and support the president in the event of military action but not this time. It would work against him. Still, because he’s incapable of understanding the situation he is in, I think he might do it.

[Mouton]

Speaking of Afghanistan, another two soldiers killed today, by their “helpers”. This is the Vietnam approach again, know the war is unpopular at home, just keep the pressure up till the US withdraws. Meanwhile, we atrit our best of the best, our soldiers.

If your advesary knows you plan to fight with handcuffs on, they tend to wait you out. Recall the famous we are going to Vietmatise the Vietnam war so we can withdraw? Same plan, same result now.