RUMOURS of WARS:USS Enterprise Arrives in Mideast

DUBAI,UAE-The USS Enterprise aircraft carrier group arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday, replacing two carriers that had left the Gulf after a monthslong deployment aimed at sending a signal of strength to Iran.The U.S. 5th Fleet's headquarters in Bahrain confirmed that the USS John C. Stennis and the USS Nimitz carriers were returning to their home ports of Bremerton, Washington,and San Diego,California.Nimitz was the last of the two carriers to leave the Middle East's restless waters in mid-July, the Navy said.
After a much publicized U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf, where the Navy kept a two carrier presence since February,there was at least a week with no U.S.carrier patrolling the area, although there were other Navy vessels in the theater during that week."We still had enough ships and air forces available during a weeklong absence of the carrier,so our response capabilities were not diminished,"Navy spokeswoman Lt. Denise Garcia said in Manama,Bahrain.Rear Adm.Daniel Holloway,Enterprise's commander,said Wednesday that the Navy remains"committed to demonstrate our nation's resolve to maintain security and stability to the region."But the arrival of USS Enterprise,with its fleet of 5,500 sailors and Marines,70 attack,fighter and detection planes,as well as four helicopters,reflects that the Navy is scaling down its Gulf presence,as the ship group will be the lone carrier for at least three months,until USS Harry S. Truman is
deployed in the fall.
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