A third U.S. aircraft carrier strike group has entered the Indian Ocean-Western Pacific region, but the Navy is pointing that the ship’s movement is part of long-standing deployment plans.

On Wednesday, the Navy’s 7th Fleet announced that the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, along with its air wing, a cruiser and four destroyers, had entered the area on its way from its scheduled deployment in the Middle East to the carrier’s home port in Bremerton, Wash.