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There are a bunch of carriers and amphibs (small carriers, truth be told) gathered in Norfolk. I've never seen so many in one place before. The Navy says, "The aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Va."

Ernest R. Scott, U.S. Navy

 

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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