{"id":36837,"date":"2017-10-25T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/25\/navy-puts-three-carrier-strike-groups-in-7th-fleet-waters\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:51:19","slug":"navy-puts-three-carrier-strike-groups-in-7th-fleet-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/10\/25\/navy-puts-three-carrier-strike-groups-in-7th-fleet-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy puts three carrier strike groups in 7th Fleet waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Navy now has three aircraft carriers and their attendant aircraft and ships in the waters of 7th Fleet, the U.S. military\u2019s front line in the tensions between the United States and North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navy officials said three carriers operating in the Japan-based command is a regularly scheduled part of a planned deployment cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is not uncommon for incoming and outgoing carrier strike group transit timing to overlap as one begins a deployment and the other concludes,\u201d according to a Navy statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, the carriers Nimitz and Theodore Roosevelt entered 7th Fleet waters this week. Navy releases for both arrivals state the carriers and their respective strike groups are scheduled for port visits and other operations, suggesting that neither is immediately on its way out of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\t