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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Jan. 20, 2026

January 22, 2026 at 04:31Z
BIAS: Center
RELIABILITY: High

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USNI News graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Jan. 20, 2026, based on Navy and public data.

In cases in which a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. In Japan Command Master Chief Takao Mogi, command master chief aboard Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force Izumo-class destroyer JS Izumo (DDH-183), carries a daruma doll in the hangar bay aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) while moored pierside at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 19, 2025.

US Navy photo Aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) is in Yokosuka, Japan. In the East China Sea Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Air

Source Assessment

Political Bias
Center
Reliability
High

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