As to the others, there are usually one in the Pacific, one in Med, and a couple working up.
We have 11 carriers, 4-6 are operational somewhere at any given time. Debbeka always claims they are all going to the gulf. For part of the cruise that may be true. Only about 3-4 months of a 8 month cruise is ussually in the ME.
When you actually see 4-6 carriers in the ME, then you will know something is on. Debeka does this claim every turnover and is wrong every time to date...
In the next real war, the US aircraft carriers are going to be nothing more than big targets that will be destroyed almost immediately at the start of hostilities. The Russians and Chinese have shown a repeated ability to penetrate the defensive bubble around US aircraft carriers.
Look for this marxist son of a whore who liked to sleep with black communist muslims to actively seek to destroy multi billion dollar US military assets.
The fascinating parallel universe of Debka