The USS Stennis carrier with thousands of troops and 80 warplanes aboard is heading for Persian Gulf

DEBKAfiles January 21, 2007, 1:27 PM (GMT+02:00)
Saturday, Jan 20, the ship picked up 2,500 troops at San Diego. The Stennis Strike Group has still to collect two ships at Hawaii before heading east with a complement of 6,500 US soldiers.

and the build up continues, wonder how much a carrier group cost to maintain per day?