I contacted an ex-Navy friend and he said this :
” It’s not all that uncommon to have three carrier battle groups operate together and with the JMSDF and ROK Navy forces. We used to have an exercise called Team Spirit off the coast of Korea with all those forces combined. During my six years of sea duty in Japan we participated in many of them. Obviously some muscle flexing there too. “
According to Paine on FBN tonight, the report of 2 other carriers hearing there is ABSOLUTELY FALSE.