If we just use Navy assets in the region then Iran is gonna get pounded. 33% of the deployed US fleet is in the Persian Gulf

Notice. No Marine Corps assets in the region EXCEPT for aircraft assigned to the carriers. So much for fleet integration huh?

 

After the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group transits the Atlantic, the U.S. will have 2 aircraft carriers and 15 destroyers (plus a few subs) to work with across combatant commands.

Approx. 33% of the deployed U.S. Navy fleet is represented below, which can carry 600+ TLAMs. pic.twitter.com/1vPf9akqTY

— Ian Ellis (@ianellisjones) February 16, 2026