I doubt the impact theory. If they knew of an impending impact the entire fleet would have been sent to sea not just a select few.
Originally posted by Ocelot
You guys may ask why I posted this in RATS. But there's a good reason for it. As I was checking the news today I came across this news article:
Navy to Deploy Carrier Groups to Test Rapid Readiness
A major exercise soon to be underway will have a large part of the Navy fleet deploying out of Norfolk.
WAVY News 10 has learned the Navy is sending seven carrier strike groups out to sea.
The exercise is designed to test the Navy's new rapid deployment readiness.
Several Norfolk-based carrier strike groups will participate. The USS George Washington is already deployed. Two others, the USS Enterprise and USS Harry S Truman will leave soon.
Other carriers involved in the exercise include the USS John F. Kennedy, the USS John S. Stennis, and the USS Ronald Reagan - which left Norfolk on Thursday.
While the Navy won't say where the seven carrier groups are going, the carriers not already deployed are expected to be gone for only one to two months.
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I think they're putting them off the coast of Georgia in prep for the G-8 summit.