USS Nimitz deployed last Saturday.

[hang a left]

I have posted this little snippet into four different North Korea threads. As soon as a post them the thread dies. I guess no one is real interested in these threads right now. I don't know what it means, but it is suspicious. Anyway I would love to get opinions from some people.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20050506-10...

SAN DIEGO – The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Nimitz, and its 6,200-sailor strike group, are scheduled to depart San Diego tomorrow for a six-month deployment to the Central and Western Pacific.

The Nimitz and the guided-missile cruiser Princeton are scheduled to begin departing San Diego Bay at about 9 a.m., according to the U.S. Navy.

The ships will be joined in the Pacific by the guided-missile destroyers Higgins and Chafee, the fast combat support ship Bridge and the Los Angeles- class attack submarine Louisville.

All of the ships in the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group are homeported in San Diego, with the exception of the Chafee and Louisville, which are both based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Higgins left San Diego today.

The Nimitz, which was commissioned in 1975, returned from its last deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

[mr_hat]

1. Why is it suspicious? Carrier groups are always at sea somewhere.

[hang a left]

4. Well probably because I didn't know that.

I watch every day for when the world is gonna blow.

[katinmn]

2. This is ominous.

So, what is going on?

Are we invading Iran now?

[Zynx]

3. Deployments are planned years in advance

This is no big deal. We always have four up, four down, and four between up and down that you can call up if you really need to.

Nimitz was due to come up and go out.

[azmesa207]

5. Nimitz Carrier Strike Group

This type of deployment has been going on for years . That what the Navy does even in peace time they go on Six to Nine month deployment.

[Horse with no Name]

6. Maybe it is replacing another one?

My sis-in-law is on an aircraft carrier returning from the Persian Gulf. They will dock in 2 weeks in San Diego.:shrug:

[bananas]

7. link doesn't work

You've posted it five times and no one's told you the link doesn't work?
Here's the correct link:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20050506-1025-nimitz.html

On edit:
I came across these interesting threads when I searched that site for "nimitz", I'm not sure if these search result links will work:

SignOnSanDiego Forums - Search Results
... Thread: leaving for the gulf tonight. Post: Are you deploying with the Nimitz strike group?
http://forum.signonsandiego.com/upload/search.php?s=827ab5baad0d99c35c669382b499532f&action=showresults&searchid=450415

SignOnSanDiego Forums - I've realized something about the Navy...
http://forums.signonsandiego.com/upload/showthread.php?s=726b177eaa367ac1db59fa364aef5a24&postid=1180515