The Reuters news agency is reporting that the USS John C. Stennis will soon join the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf. According to anonymous sources this is at the request of US Central Command and is designed as a show of force to Iran and Syria.
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US Navy Photo: VFA-146 F/A-18 side number 307 flies over the USS John C. Stennis.