USS George Washington Deploys to Middle East, CENTCOM Confirms
⚓ CENTCOM — Abraham Lincoln spent 250 days out. Its replacement just shipped. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: George Washington's deployment closes the carrier gap that Iran's strategists were watching. Lincoln's endurance crisis was a known vulnerability; rotating in a fresh carrier group restores full strike capacity at Hormuz. For Tehran, this removes the attrition argument — the US isn't exhausted, it's cycling. IRGC planners must now reprice the timeline.
