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USS George Washington arrives in Middle East
The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived in the Middle East on Thursday to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been on deployment in the region for nearly nine months, U.S. Central Command announced.
TL;DR
- USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived in the Middle East on Thursday.
- It relieved the USS Abraham Lincoln, which had been deployed for nearly nine months.
- The George Washington is the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, typically operating in the western Pacific.
- It is a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class carrier accommodating over 6,000 service members.
- The vessel and its strike group are transiting the Arabian Sea towards the Gulf of Oman.
- This is part of a scheduled deployment in the CENTCOM theater.