According to multiple sources, the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has been moved to the Eastern Mediterranean. The carrier strike group includes the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy, and four Arleigh-Burke-class guided missile destroyers. The carrier strike group was already in the Mediterranean and was conducting naval exercises with Italy in the Ionian Sea before being redirected to the Eastern Mediterranean.