For Aircraft Carrier Crew, Christmas is "Canceled"

November 12,2026

Source: Hal Turner

The Trump administration is telling families of the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier that their loved ones won't come home for this year's holidays, due to escalation with Iran.

Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao warns the deployment is needed because if the US does not stop Iran now, it will soon have too many cruise missiles and drones to penetrate, and will become a "nuclear-armed Iran."

"Families should plan for a worst-case scenario of a yearlong deployment," Cao says.

The Bush arrived in the region in late April. A yearlong deployment would run it into next spring.

Hal Turner Snap Analysis (Personal Opinion)

Anyone who thought the conflict with Iran was winding down, should have just gotten a real dose of reality from the Acting Navy Secretary's remarks.

According to him, Iran will soon have too many cruise missiles and drones to penetrate, and will become a "nuclear-armed Iran."

So now, having too many cruise missiles and drones is the new reason to escalate further.

Oh, and did you catch the part about a "yearlong deployment?"  The Aircraft Carrier arrived in April of this year . . . so it seems to me that would necessarily indicate this situation is already planned to continue into April of next year!

This entire situation was apparently very poorly thought-out and appears to have no cohesive strategy or exit plan.  Debacle after debacle.