USS George Washington Deploys to Middle East, CENTCOM Confirms
β CENTCOM β Abraham Lincoln spent 250 days out. Its replacement just shipped. π 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 β the US isn't exhausted, it's cycling. IRGC planners must now reprice the timeline.