[prisoner6]

A bit off topic...

Does anyone know if one of the carriers in the Med or Gulf is soon to rotate out?

The reason I ask is that a friend of mine is making his first tour. It will be on the USS Ronald Reagan.

The Reagan left San Diego a while back but my friend is still in Florida training. Supposedly he will be transferred to the Reagan in a couple of weeks. They then train in the South Pacific then it's on the the Middle East.

I was able to track down that the carrier was going to the Middle East BUT he wasn't sure. He thinks it's going to be a 6 week(?) tour but if they are headed to the ME I would think it will be at least 3 months, especially if another carrier rotates out.

Obviously I'm not Navy...sigh.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Probably not in the cards, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if the USS Ronald Reagan sailed toward Libya? I can almost hear the Gipper saying, “There you go again!” to Colonel Bizarro.

[newzjunkey]

We only have two carriers in the area: Carl Vinson and Enterprise, both were in the North Arabian Sea. Enterprise went through the canal just two weeks ago and now it's making a return trip.

As for the Reagan, the Navy website confirmed it left San Diego for join exercises, a westpac and then centcom duty which covers the middle east. They don't have a timeline.

Looks like Lincoln is on westpac, Stennis on eastpac, Washington in port (Japan), Truman at Norfolk with the Bush and Ike.