U.S. Navy To Begin Carrier Exercises Near North Korea (Update)

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean with ships assigned to Rim of the Pacific 2010 combined task force as part of a photo exercise north of Hawaii.US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord

Business Insider: 7 US aircraft carriers are at sea for the first time in years — here's what they're doing

For the first time in years, seven of the US Navy's 11 nuclear aircraft carriers are at sea simultaneously, according to US Naval Institute News.

The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Nimitz (CVN 68), and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) are in the Western Pacific on operational deployments. They have full air wings and carrier escorts.

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) are in the Eastern Pacific, while the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and the brand-new USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) are in the Atlantic. Those four carriers are on training missions or doing workups before deployments.

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WNU Editor: The South Koreans will be joining this exercise .... S. Korea to train with three US aircraft carriers (Yonhap News).

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