{"id":22395,"date":"2021-01-06T00:45:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T00:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/06\/top-navy-civilian-not-sure-when-nimitz-strike-group-will-come-home\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:58:41","slug":"top-navy-civilian-not-sure-when-nimitz-strike-group-will-come-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/01\/06\/top-navy-civilian-not-sure-when-nimitz-strike-group-will-come-home\/","title":{"rendered":"SECNAV \u2018not sure\u2019 when Nimitz strike group will come home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the midst of a tumultuous week for the sailors of the aircraft carrier Nimitz and its strike group, the Navy\u2019s top civilian leader said Tuesday that he doesn\u2019t know when those sailors will get back from an extended deployment that\u2019s about to enter its eighth month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/12\/31\/us-to-move-aircraft-carrier-nimitz-out-of-mideast-amid-iran-tension\/\" target=_blank>The Associated Press<\/a> and other outlets reported Thursday that the carrier would leave the Middle East amid heightened tensions with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Newsroom\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/2460938\/statement-by-acting-secretary-miller-on-iranian-threats-and-the-uss-nimitz\/\" target=_blank>Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller<\/a> reversed course, saying in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Newsroom\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/2460938\/statement-by-acting-secretary-miller-on-iranian-threats-and-the-uss-nimitz\/\" target=_blank>a brief statement<\/a> that Nimitz would remain on station in the Middle Eastern waters of U.S. Central Command \u201cdue to recent threats issued by Iranian leaders against President Trump and other U.S. government officials.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday also marked the one-year anniversary of the U.S. drone assassination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/04\/explainer-inside-the-lawful-killing-of-qassim-suleimani\/\" target=_blank>Maj. 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Qassim Suleimani<\/a>, the near-mythical head of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 Quds Force<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The men and women assigned to the Nimitz, living out this geopolitical tit-for-tat, left San Diego in June and are days away from entering month eight of their deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/01\/04\/aircraft-carrier-nimitz-staying-in-mideast-as-iran-raises-uranium-enrichment-levels-seizes-south-korean-ship\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50779485101_987b144071_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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and I am not sure how long that extension will last,\u201d Braithwaite said in a recording of the roundtable obtained by Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou and I both know that I can\u2019t tell you whether it\u2019s hours, days, weeks, months,\u201d he added, noting that \u201csailors understand\u201d that they serve at the pleasure \u201cof the nation\u2019s interest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which other carrier could even relieve Nimitz in the near term remains unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only other carrier currently deployed is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/09\/25\/a-few-months-after-getting-home-the-theodore-roosevelt-is-about-to-deploy-again\/\" target=_blank>Theodore Roosevelt<\/a>, which began a double-pump deployment last month and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/About\/Mission\/\" target=_blank>currently steaming<\/a> in the waters of the Japan-based U.S. 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