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USNI News 2020 Fleet and Marine Review
January 8, 2021 6:33 PM
When 2020 closed, the Navy’s aircraft carrier forces spent a collective 896 days deployed across the world – 200 more days than in 2019. As reported by USNI News in November, the carrier force has been under strain over the last 20 years, and the use of the force accelerated in 2020. Likewise, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps amphibious ready groups and Marine expeditionary units saw deployments to the Western Pacific and U.S. Central Command.
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group
April 1, 2019 to Jan. 20
A sailor dressed as Santa Claus directs the launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the ‘Pukin’ Dogs’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on Dec. 24, 2019 US Navy Photo
SECNAV ‘not sure’ when Nimitz strike group will come home January 5 Sailors signal as a F/A-18F Super Hornet launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Nimitz in December 2020. (MC3 Cheyenne Geletka/Navy) In the midst of a tumultuous week for the sailors of the aircraft carrier Nimitz and its strike group, the Navy’s top civilian leader said Tuesday that he doesn’t know when those sailors will get back from an extended deployment that’s about to enter its eighth month.
The Associated Press and other outlets reported Thursday that the carrier would leave the Middle East amid heightened tensions with Iran.
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