[Will88]

Thousands of troops? The personnel on aircraft carriers are usually sailors and pilots, not troops. The story makes it sound like thousands of ground combat troops are on the Eisenhower.

[ASA Vet]

The personnel on aircraft carriers are usually sailors and pilots,

And maybe a few Marines, but as you pointed out no troops or soldiers.

It's understandable that the foreign press does not understand the terms. Sadly neither does the domestic press.