“BTW, there are three US carrier strike groups and an amphibious group in the Middle East.”
Source?
“Source?”
Fair, but’ groan’...
Not by an easy google.
Ike just transited the Suez and made the third carrier . Bataan is the Amphibious Group.
Looks like the other two are the Lincoln and Truman.
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/where.htm