Claim: The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well."
Fact-check: Has military taken unprecedented action response to Irma?
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Allison Graves
Date published: 2017-09-14T00:00:00