NORFOLK, Va. Some 5,000 sailors deployed Saturday aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower the flagship of the Ike carrier strike group. It had long been scheduled to deploy this past week to the Mediterranean.
5,000 sailors deployed Saturday aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Eisenhower is the flagship of the Ike carrier strike group. It has long been scheduled to deploy this week to the Mediterranean.
In a release Saturday evening, Austin said the Eisenhower CSG would be joining the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group in an "effort to deter hostile actions aga