USS Enterprise en route to Middle East

USS Enterprise en route to Middle East

NORFOLK, Va. The aircraft carrier U-S-S Enterprise is on its way to the Middle East.

The six-ship Enterprise Strike Group left today from the Norfolk Naval Station. Its 75-hundred sailors prepared for a wide range of missions: providing security in the troubled waters and skies, fighting piracy off the Horn of Africa and supporting humanitarian efforts.

The carrier launched some of the first strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.

Sailors have closely followed events in Iraq and Iran but it's unclear about the exact missions the carrier group will undertake during the six-month deployment.

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The group's departure began a busy week for local waterways, with almost 11-thousand sailors scheduled to deploy or return home to Norfolk Naval Station and Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Virginia Beach.