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Strategic Activity / Deployments -

******** WARNING - SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS *********

Observers are noting significant numbers of Naval warships departing both Pearl Harbor, San Diego and Norfork bases JAN 17 & 18.
OSINT sources include web cameras and individuals

Observed departing Pearl Harbor -
- USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer

Observed departing from San Diego -
- USS Tripoli (LHA 7)
- USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) Arleigh Burke-class Flight I guided missile destroyer
- USS Shoup (DDG 86) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer
- USS Anchorage (LPD 23) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
- USS Annapolis (SSN 760) nuclear attack submarine

Observed departing Norfolk -
- USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
- USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
- USS Bataan (LHD 5) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
- USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
- USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) dock landing ship
- USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer
- USS Mitscher (DDG 57) Arleigh Burke-class Flight I guided missile destroyer
- USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) Arleigh Burke-class Flight I guided missile destroyer
- USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8) Supply-class fast combat support ship
- USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler

Don’t forget I reported that on Jan 14th the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship and USS Arlington (LPD 24) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock were observed leaving Norfolk, Virginia.

As noted in an earlier report, Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 10 for deployment in the Western Pacific.
Currently, the Navy is reporting the Lincoln and the Carl Vinson CSGs along with the Essex ARG and America ESG the far Western Pacific between Japan and Philippines.
The Reagan is in reports to be in port at Yokosuka, Japan for maintenance.

OBSERVATION - Seeking confirmation from naval sources, I checked the USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Jan. 18, 2022. Not a single naval group stationed in the US is listed on the map - no status for these groups/ships. USNI has gone silent.

The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729), operating in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, conducted a brief stop for personnel near Limassol, Cyprus, on Jan. 15, 2022.
OBSERVATION - Again, announcing locations of boomers is unusual, especially during conditions of potential war.

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