The Ford was in Croatia for 5 days of repairs and is now returning to the war and at full mission tasking. See my post above.
The Lincoln group has carried out its tasks to perfection. Its location is irrelevant as long as those tasks are being met.
The Iraqis in Gulf War I hit more US military assets than the Iranians have managed to date. The Iranians have inflicted more base infrastructure damage, but direct attack on personnel and assets has been very poor, especially with the number of munitions fired.
The Chinese are too busy purging their entire military leadership. All we sense from them is total weakness. A nation that’s never fought a modern day war. They should be far more concerned today about how they plan to keep the PLAN alive after witnessing this air/naval campaign.