U.S. Navy officials said the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group would be heading home after being deployed to the Middle East following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and another warship to remain in the Mediterranean Sea for several more weeks
This weekend saw yet another escalation in the battle of the Red Sea. The Iranian-backed terrorist organisation, the Houthis, currently squatting in Northwest Yemen, started the battle shortly after 7 October by firing four missiles and fifteen drones up the Red Sea towards Israel. Fortunately, the US destroyer Carney was on patrol there and, in what can only be described as ‘a good day at the office’, successfully shot them all down.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the USS Thomas Hudner, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, shot down multiple “one-way attack drones” in the Red Sea on Thursday morning. “On the morning (Yemen time) of November 23, the USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) shot down multiple one-way attack drones launched from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen,” CENTCOM…