A quick look at the latest positioning of US aircraft carriers, amphibious ready groups, and other navies around the globe shows a gaping hole in the region of the East or South China Sea, and even in proximity to Japan, a place where the US navy traditionally has maintained at least one carrier group. In fact, according to Stratfor, the only active carrier group is USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CSG, conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe." As it turned out, the Eisenhower carrier group was on its way back to dock in Norfolk, VA, which means that for the next several weeks, not only will there be no U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Middle East or the South China Sea, but as Fox News reports, "there will be no American aircraft carriers deployed at sea anywhere else in the world, despite a host of worldwide threats facing the United States." The absence of a deployed U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, long seen as a symbol of American power projection, is noteworthy. According to Fox, it is believed to be the first time since World War II that at least one U.S. aircraft carrier has not been deployed. As it further reports, the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and her strike group returned to Norfolk, Va., Friday following a seven-month deployment. The Ike launched hundreds of airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria from both the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. Two destroyers in the carrier's strike group also saw combat. The USS Nitze and USS Mason were attacked in the Red Sea when allegedly Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen launched cruise missiles, which were intercepted by the Mason. A retaliatory strike by the Nitze destroyed the radar installations in Yemen in October, even though in the meantime speculation emerged that the attack may have been coordinated by Saudi interests in an attempt to stage another "false flag" attack on US military assets. Now I have personally checked Aircraft Carrier locations online, and it looks like the last updates have them docked in home ports or ports overseas. So this is personally one of the strangest things personally I have seen regarding aircraft carriers, since I was personally on one deployed twice between 2009-2013. It currently looks like CVN 69 is out at sea, but the looks of it have it transitioning on it's way back home. Why in the world does it look like no carriers are deployed during Obama's last days in office? If you know one thing about aircraft carriers, it's that their the biggest deterrant next to nuclear weapons, so why does Obama have these war deterrents mostly docked...When there should always be at least two deployed in certain areas of the world? We should keep an eye out for an Obama false flag or any major developments, because for some reason Obama has America's carrier fleet docked. Now it looks like a couple are at maintence facillities and one is docked in Japan, but question is why are no aircraft carriers underway?