to include a US aircraft carrier strike group

[navi tasan]

Present for the talks, US CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper, who has been assembling an armada in the Middle East to include a US aircraft carrier strike group.

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I have a problem with 'to include a US aircraft carrier strike group'. 'That includes' or 'including' would make sense to me, but I can't parse the sentence as it is.

Do you consider it correct?
How would you parse: assembling an armada in the Middle East to include a US aircraft carrier strike group?

 

[Tarheel]

The armada (fleet of ships) includes an aircraft carrier strike group. It's pretty straightforward.

What do you mean by "parse"?

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you very much, Tarheel,

Yes, that is definitely the meaning, but I can't figure out the grammar of the sentence. I would have said 'including' or 'that includes', but why 'to include'?

 

[jutfrank]

I interpret the 'to include' phrase as a future form. That is, the carrier strike group isn't yet included at the time of the report.