The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, front, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during a Strait of Hormuz transit [File: Elliot Schaudt/AFP]
Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is headed to the West Coast after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin over the weekend ordered the ship and its strike group back home after almost eight months deployed, two U.S. officials confirmed to USNI News.
As of Monday morning, the carrier was operating in U.S. 7th Fleet to the west of India, the officials said.
A U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesperson confirmed the strike group was in 7th Fleet but did not provide additional details.
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WNU Editor: The Pentagon's rational for ordering the USS Nimitz and its strike force to return back home is that tensions are easing. I do not know where they are getting the idea that tensions are easing. I see tensions being as high as ever.
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