US shifts one of two aircraft carriers away from Middle East
The Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group has now departed the Middle East and is headed to the Asia-Pacific region.
The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford steams alongside USNS Laramie (T-AO-203) during a fueling-at-sea in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, as a scheduled deployment in the US Naval Forces Europe area of operations, deployed by US Sixth Fleet to defend US, allied, and partners in(photo credit: US Naval Forces Central Command / US 6th Fleet / Handout via REUTERS)
