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USS Gerald Ford strike group to deploy to Mediterranean Sea

Gavin Stone, The Virginian-Pilot on

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NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group will deploy to Europe next week, adding to U.S. forces gathering near the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran continues, according to a CNN report.

This deployment has been planned since late last year, according to the report on social media, but the strike group will likely move to the eastern Mediterranean Sea in light of the ongoing exchange of bombings.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Fleet Forces Command declined to comment on the report when reached by phone Wednesday afternoon, citing operational security.

 

The Ford returned to Norfolk in January 2024 after being ordered to sail to the Mediterranean following Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

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