USS Carl Vinson Departs Guam for Middle East Tasking
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... The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group departed Guam on Friday and is now headed toward U.S Central Command to join the Harry. S Truman CSG, the service announced on Friday.

In other developments, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani will meet with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Sunday with the agenda to include strengthening the U.S.- Japan alliance and increasing joint activities and presence in Japan's southwest islands.

The Carl Vinson CSG had arrived in Guam on Monday for the port visit and left on Friday, according to a Navy release. The strike group consisted of USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, cruiser USS Princeton (CG-59) and destroyer USS Sterett (DDG-104), according to the release. Destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) deployed with the CSG when it departed the West Coast in mid-November and was last with it on March 21, when the CSG conducted drills in the Philippine Sea with Japan Maritime Self-Defense (JMSDF) destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD-107). It is unclear as to whether William P. Lawrence will rejoin the CSG t. ...

As Iran tensions build, US military moves warplanes to reinforce Middle East
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... U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reinforced U.S. military capability in the Middle East with more warplanes, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, amid a more than two-week-old U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen and mounting tensions with Iran.

The Pentagon's brief statement did not specify which aircraft were being deployed or where precisely they were sent. ...