[ContentiousObjector]

lets see here, there have been carrier battle groups in the gulf for the last 17? years,

Why the hell is this breaking news?

[Miss Marple]

This is breaking news because the ship just returned from a 6-month deployment right before Christmas. This is a very unusual turnaround time.

[Dog]

Because this carrier just returned about 5 days ago....

This is unheard of to turn a carrier around this soon...

Is that breaking enough for you???

[Mo1]

Why the hell is this breaking news?

Ummmm maybe because we are on the verge of war .. maybe because this ship had just returned from sea and normally doesn't ship back out to see within a week of it's return

I could be wrong .. it's just a guess on my part

[RaceBannon]

I was one of the very first Marines sent to the Arabian Sea in 1980 while on board the USS Okinawa.

[Grampa Dave]

It is breaking news as it just returned home in Mid December. You don't recycle a carrier back into a war zone in less than three weeks unless something big is about to happen! (USS Washington returns home on 18 December, 2002) <

[Jack of Diamonds]

Theis is news because the GW just returned from the Gulf on 20 Dec.