[Pan_Yan]

So two carrier task forces deployed at any given time means one off the East Coast and one off the West Coast, right?

No. It means one in the Western Pacific and one in the Indian Ocean / Persian Gulf region.

There is sonething fundamentally wrong with our foreign policy.

[palmer]

So two carrier task forces deployed at any given time means one off the East Coast and one off the West Coast, right?

There's no reason to do that since we have air bases, coast guard, etc. We also keep air bases around the world. The carriers need to be out where they can respond in minutes to an attack on one of our allies.