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For the first time since 1920, when the United States had its single aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) plying the world’s oceans, today sees only the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) [Note: CV designates aircraft carrier/CVN designated nuclear aircraft carrier] sailing in the waters of the Middle East in the North Arabian Sea—but whose mission is now ended after President Trump ordered an end to the air war in Syria, and whose next stop will be its home port in Washington State—thus creating an historical first that will see the world’s oceans emptied of all 11 of America’s aircraft carrier strike groups—that are formidable weapons composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, an aircraft carrier, at least one cruiser, a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers or frigates, and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft. […]

The United States Nuclear Risk Reduction Center(NRRC) notifying the Russian Navy that “combat operations” are предстоящий (impending, close at hand, near, fast approaching, coming, forthcoming) in the high seas off both the Eastern and Western coasts of the United States of Mexico—thus confirming the MoD’s 2 June assessment that the US is preparing to invade their southern neighbor—and that since has been further confirmed by the US Navy rapidly returning to port to take part in this invasion 5 of its most powerful Carrier Strike Groups—and whose aircraft carriers include CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt that docked in San Diego on 7 May—CVN-78 USS Gerald R. Ford that docked in Norfolk on 9 June—CVN-77 USS George H.W. Bush that docked in Norfolk on 13 June—CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln that docked in Norfolk on 14 June—and CVN-74 USS John C. Stennis that docked in San Diego on 18 June.   […]