Flight Picket

microblog · @flightpicket · osint · 16 January 2026, 17:22

Norfolk is moving. Whatever the hold was, it is not a hold any more.

USS Harry S. Truman USS Gettysburg 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade US Northern Command GIUK gap

Same day

closed briefing wire record closed 16 Jan 2026 12:00

The carrier is released

Acting officials override the statutory holds. Truman loads out at Norfolk. Naval planners report that surprise no longer exists north of the sixtieth parallel.

USS Harry S. Truman USS Gettysburg 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade US Northern Command GIUK gap Naval Station Norfolk