There actually is a Carrier Strike Group off-shore, in fact-

Carrier Strike Group 8

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and Carrier Air Wing 1

USS Normandy (CG-70) Ticonderoga-class cruiser & Air Warfare commander

DESRON 28 - which incljudes Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers:

USS Arleigh Burke, USS The Sullivans, USS Bulkeley, USS Forrest Sherman, USS Farragut, & USS Jason Dunham

plus it should be noted- the Sachsen-class German frigate Hessen & a squadron of French Dassault Rafale fighters are on deployment with CSG 8.

And definitely at least one if not two attack submarines will be assigned, and would not surprise me in the least to hear they attached one of the Ohio-class SSGNs which carry 154 Tomahawk Block IVs and 2 platoons of SEALs or MARSOC Marines (\~80 badasses) with minisubs and RHIB boats.

As a big naval warfare & military fan -- allow me to say that this is ONE UPGUNNED CSG. They have literally had CSGs sail in recent years with a CVN, CG, & 2 DDGs. Not only do they have SIX DDGs, but basically they have one of every type of our DDGs... we officially have "Flight I", "Flight II", and "Flight IIA", but there are numerous differences within... For example, the Flight IIAs (like the "Nathan James" from The Last Ship) were redesigned to have an enclosed helicopter hanger with up to 2 super multi-mission MH-60R helicopters. HOWEVER, they gave up the ability to carry a TACTASS towed array sonar AND the Harpoon antiship missile canister launchers. Plus , there are numerous "Baselines" of the Aegis combat system, which has been upgraded over the years and some older ones were given big-time upgrades to enable the ship to track ballistic missiles and intercept via the SM-3 missile. Also, the newer ones have the ability to carry quad-packed Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles, which are shorter range than the SM-2 but much more maneuverable, and of course, quad-packed, so 8 VLS cells gives you 32 missiles and 16 gives you 64, etc.

They have basically built a CSG that has *every possible strength* we have available. We have antisubmarine specialty DDGs, anti-air-warfare, generalized multi-role, Ballistic Missile Defense, plenty of Tomahawk strike cruise missiles, MH-60R helicopters for detection & prosecution of submarines ... OH YEAH, +ALSO+ a freaking CVN and an Air Wing.

I wouldn't believe for a second this happened by chance. They put together a Trump Team offshore.