 The Pentagon has directed the Dwight Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to move to the Eastern Mediterranean. It will take between a week and a week and a half to reach the region, the nuclear-powered carrier, commissioned in 1977, first carried out operations during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the carrier, also known as the IK, has 5,000 sailors and can carry up to nine squadrons of aircraft, like fighter jets, helicopters and those capable of carrying out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. The IK carrier will be accompanied by other ships like the guided missile cruiser. Philippine Sea, guided missile destroyers, gravely, and the Mason.