PACIFIC OCEAN — The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz arrived in the Pacific on Tuesday, bringing the number of carriers to three now operating in the region. <br /> <br />The carrier and its accompanying strike group of destroyers, cruisers and submarines has joined the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet area of operations, the Navy said news releases, CNN reported. <br /> <br />The Nimitz now joins the USS Ronald Reagan, which is stationed in Japan year-round, and the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which is currently far east of Japan, according to Business Insider. <br /> <br />The Navy reported that the Nimitz just finished three months of in the Middle East battling ISIS, launching 1,322 sorties with 903 pieces of ordnance dropped, according to Military.com. <br /> <br />Navy spokeswoman Lt. Mary Walsh described the carrier's activities as standard, and said that the Nimitz would only be in the region temporarily, Military.com reported. <br /> <br />The USS Roosevelt is expected to eventually take the Nimitz's place in the Middle East, according to CNN. <br /> <br />Pyongyang hasn't launched a missile in over a month, however tensions still remain high in the region.
