Biden orders USS Nimitz aircraft carrier home in possible signal to Iran
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin instructed the carrier and and the 5,000 sailors and Marines of its strike group to return home after being deployed for over 240 days.
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter conducts flight control checks on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Indian Ocean November 25, 2020. Picture taken November 25, 2020(photo credit: U.S. NAVY/MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS ELLIOT SCHAUDT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByZACHARY KEYSER