Posted on 10/14/2023 6:15:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse
NORFOLK — “I see him!” exclaimed 8-year-old Penelope Holbert, vigorously waving. Her father, Petty Officer 1st Class Drew Holbert waved back from a platform at the stern of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Holbert, an aviation structural mechanic, was one of 5,000 sailors who deployed Saturday aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower — the flagship of the Ike carrier strike group. It has long been scheduled to deploy this week to the Mediterranean.
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The Eisenhower is expected to be deployed for about six months.
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The Virginia Beach strike fighter squadrons known as Gunslingers, Fighting Swordsmen, Rampagers and Wildcats will embark with the group. Norfolk groups include the Screwtops of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123, the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7 and the Rawhides of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40.
The warship will also be supported by Norfolk-based cruiser USS Philippine Sea and destroyer USS Gravely — both departed Friday. The USS Mason, a destroyer, departed Friday from Naval Station Mayport in Florida.
“What we do on a daily basis matters. And we are going to make history in some form, fashion, function, wherever we go,” Miguez said.
The carrier was scheduled to push off Friday, but experienced a 24-hour delay.
“It gave us extra time … but he was anxious to get going,” Carol Maher said of her grandson Mason Dollar, 21.
Dollar is an aircrew survival equipment man for an embarked helicopter squadron. His grandma and three cousins made the drive from Texas to see him off for his first deployment.
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Hopefully Biden isn’t setting Israel up for a sucker punch by either intercepting their fighters going to Iran, or using THAAD to shoot down Jericho IRBMs. I’d be nervous if I were Israel because I trust Biden and his puppets as far as I could through them.
A demented POTUS and no Speaker of the House. Dangerous times ahead.
Dang. That looks like just about every gray day I pulled away from Pier 12 down in Norfolk!
Carrier group takes out Iran.
From your lips to God’s ear.
The US protects the jews but not the armenians.
Can't king Barry declare an unofficial war with another EO?
Good reason to "postpone the election," for the foreseeable future, until he resigns or dies, whichever comes last.
NORFOLK, Va. - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) deploys from Naval
Station Norfolk, Oct. 14, 2023. The Ike Carrier Strike Group will conduct a regularly scheduled deployment to the
U.S. European Command area of responsibility in support of enhanced vigilance activities and operations with
NATO Allies and partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anderson W. Branch)
And five months from now they'll get that special steak and lobster dinner before the captain comes over the 1MC to make a very important announcement.
IYKYK.
That will be a total of three at sea. The most crisis filled time I can remember and we have less than 30% of our carriers on duty. You have an ARG (amphibious ready group) in the Persian Gulf but no carrier.
We should land 30-50k Marines in Israel and have them provide backup security in the north.
Thanks for the info.
A FB friend is third or fourth generation Navy. Just sent a daugbter off to boot camp. Pretty well grounded kid, I would think, and probably getting good counsel on what to expect from dad. Still, in the Woke Navy, in boot camp, with this crap coming down the pike.....
Couldnt help but wonder if someday we'll see the USS Donald Trump aircraft carrier.
Anyone know what’s going on in the South China Sea on the other side ?
Because Azerbaijan is next door to Iran.
We’re praying for our military sailors and soldiers and pilots.
Yeah, absolutely. I was in Basic when we bombed Libya in ‘81. The TI brought in a copy of TIME with the cover story and tld us our training would be extended by a month, I think it was. Just a head game, but that’s what they do.
Fair winds and following seas.
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