Concentration de forces navales dans la région du Golfe Persique
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) (Porte Avion) USS San Jacinto (CG 56) – 6th Fleet USS Hue City (CG 66) USS Carney (DDG 64) USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) HMS Manchester (D95) HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339) USNS Arctic (T-AOE 
USS Montpelier (SSN 765)
Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group
USS Tarawa (LHA 1) (Porte Avion + Forces de débarquement) USS Cleveland (LPD 7) USS Germantown (LSD 42) USS Port Royal (CG 73) USS Hopper (DDG 70) USS Ingraham (FFG 61)
Orion 08 Strike Group
HMS Illustrious (R06) (Porte Avion UK) HMS Edinburgh (D97) HMS Westminster (F237) HMS Trafalgar (S107) HMS Atherstone (M38) HMS Chiddingfold (M37) USS Cole (DDG 67) FS Jean Bart (D615)(*) FS Surcouf (F 711)(*) SPS Mendez Nunez (F104)
In Theater
Ocean 6 FGS Emden (F 210) HNLMS Evertsen (F 805) HDMS Thetis (F357) ITS Commandante Borsini (P491) FS Guepratte (F714) (*) FS Commandant Bouan (F797)(*) USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) HMS Campbeltown (F86) HMS Montrose (F236) HMAS Arunta (FFH 151) USS Scout (MCM USS Gladiator (MCM 11) USS Ardent (MCM 12) USS Dexterous (MCM 13) HMS Ramsay (M 110) HMS Blyth (M 111)
(*) Navires français
Le porte avion Lincoln en route vers le Golfe
Families are saying goodbye to 3,600 crewmembers of the aircraft carrier Lincoln as it prepares to leave Everett. The departure Thursday is the start of a seven-month deployment to support the war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan. Two other Everett-based ships, the guided-missile destroyers USS Momsen and Shoup, are part of the Lincoln’s strike group. The first stop is San Diego where the Lincoln will pick up warplanes and another 1,500 crew members. Then it heads for the Persian Gulf.
