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U.S. Navy Deploys Second Aircraft Carrier To Persian Gulf | Amid increasing tensions with Iran, the U.S. Navy has a deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf region marking, as the AP reports, “only the fourth time in the past decade that the Navy has had two aircraft carriers operating at the same time in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.” Cmdr. Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said the move is “routine and not specific to any threat” and that the two carriers in the region will support U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and anti-piracy efforts.