October 4, 2026 (STL.News) The United States is sending another aircraft carrier strike group and an amphibious force carrying thousands of sailors and Marines toward the Middle East as Iran prepares plans for a broader retaliation if Washington resumes large-scale military attacks. The deployments are adding substantial American naval power to a region already supporting U.S. operations against Iran. However, reports describing the movement simply as the deployment of a “third carrier” require qualification. The USS Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego on Sept. 27 for what USNI News reported as an extended Middle East deployment. USNI reported that
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