Two Navy Battle Groups Leaving Persian Gulf

WASHINGTON (AP) Two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and the ships in their battle groups will leave the Persian Gulf this week and return to their home ports, a U.S. defense official said Monday.

The departure of the USS Kitty Hawk and the USS Constellation reflects a winding down of the air campaign, although the Pentagon is still sending more ground forces to Kuwait and Iraq.

 

[peterorchard]

returned home.
Tell me, Frank, where is "home" for the Kitty Hawk and Constellation?
Not too far away, I'll be bound.
And where will they be bound next?
Any bets?

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War 'close to end' after Tikrit seized

(BBC)US Central Command says the war in Iraq is "coming to a close" after US troops took control of the northern city of Tikrit, the hometown of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Brigadier-General Vincent Brooks told reporters in military HQ in Doha: "Clearly we are at a point when the decisive military operations that were focused on removing the regime... that work is coming to a close".

 

>where is "home" for the Kitty Hawk and Constellation?

Constellation here in my home town, San Diego, Ca. USA - The Kitty Hawk in Japan