a u.s. navy super carrier. until last week it was deployed in the persian gulf in support of the military operation against isis. it's heading back to the united states. it was to be relieved by this guy, the uss theodore roosevelt which was deployed to join the fight against isis but as of this week it is being rerouted, pulled out of that fight, effectively, instead taking the 6,000 sailors and the 60 something war planes and heading toward yemen. we talked about this on the show last night. there it is right now a huge contingent of u.s. military power being dispatched to the body of water surrounding yemen. in that part of the world, there are currently two u.s. mine sweepers, three amphibious ships with more than 2,000 u.s. marines on them, two destroyers, and now a guided missile cruiser is being added to the fleet as well as the aircraft carrier,