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To: BigBull who wrote (49377)	10/4/2002 1:26:51 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

We might could send the carriers sooner than December if we needed to. The article has them scheduled to be deployed in December, but it only takes a couple of weeks to get from here to there, faster if through Suez. If Bush says go, we could be there in less than month.

To: BigBull who wrote (49377)	10/4/2002 1:38:35 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Sailors scurry to board as USS Truman departs early keysnews.com USS Truman was in Key West, but now hightailing it to Norfolk and thence to "parts unknown." CNN et al had the USS Truman departing in December. Looks like maybe the schedule was moved up?

To: BigBull who wrote (49377)	10/4/2002 1:41:27 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Stennis Readiness Accelerated For Possible Attack On Iraq nbcsandiego.com

To: BigBull who wrote (49377)	10/4/2002 2:13:18 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

USS Abraham Lincoln and USS George Washington are already there. oregonlive.com USS Roosevelt was there, back in port, maintenance work. dcmilitary.com USS Carl Vinson undergoing shakedown cruises, getting ready for action. theolympian.com USS Nimitz is in the Pacific Northwest. nationalpost.com USS Reagan still under construction; USS Dwight D. Eisenhower communications equipment being upgraded; USS Kennedy was there, had electrical problems and is scheduled for repairs starting in January; USS Enterprise at Newport News being refitted; USS Kitty Hawk permanently forward deployed in Japan appears to be in port, ready to go; and the USS Constellation is scheduled to be deployed to the Persian Gulf this year.