Keywords: Inherent Resolve 141018-N-MW031-228.jpg en The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson foreground relieves the aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush in the Persian Gulf Oct 18 2014 during Inherent Resolve The George H W Bush was to leave the U S 5th Fleet area of responsibility for its home port in Norfolk Va President Barack Obama authorized humanitarian aid deliveries to Iraq as well as targeted airstrikes to protect U S personnel from extremists known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant U S Central Command directed the operations 2014-10-18 CVN 70 https //www dvidshub net/image/1622054 141018-N-MW031-228 2014-10-20 22 03 USS CARL VINSON AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |