DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe US reversed a decision to bring an aircraft carrier home from the Gulf Sunday, with the Pentagon saying that due to “recent threats” by Iran the USS Nimitz would stay in position. The Nimitz has been patrolling Gulf waters since late November, but in a statement issued on December 31, acting US defense secretary […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-aircraft-carrier-to-stay-in-gulf-pentagon-76632/

DefenceTalkA second crewmember of the virus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) aircraft carrier has been moved into the Intensive Care Unit at Naval Hospital Guam on Tuesday. This comes just a day after another Sailor from the carrier lost his life to complications arising from the coronavirus. The second Sailor, admitted into the ICU for shortness […]https://www.defencetalk.com/2nd-sailor-from-uss-theodore-roosevelt-moved-into-intensive-care-75149/

DefenceTalkAircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) pulled into San Diego, Oct. 10, after completing a successful six-day sea trials and officially marking the completion of a 20-month extended planned incremental availability. Nimitz got underway for the first time since January 2015 when it pulled away from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Oct. 5, to begin […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uss-nimitz-successfully-completes-sea-trials-68366/