The US Navy is pulling the world’s largest warship, sent to the eastern Mediterranean Sea after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, back to the United States as it reevaluates its global force requirements, the US Sixth Fleet said in a statement Monday.
The United States has deployed another navy ship from its homeport in the central Italian coastal city of Gaeta to support US operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the US Sixth Fleet said.
U.S. Naval Forces Europe, in conjunction with the Danish Defense Forces, will be conducting advanced convoy protection drills using the state-of-the-art, modular SM-6 missile launcher starting Sept. 18 in Bornholm, Denmark, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet reported on Sept. 15.
he of course also expressed outrage at the apparent atrocities that were committed by russian forces in bucha and reiterated the u.s. commitment in an effort to hold accountable those responsible and of course they have state in close contact and they will continue to stay in close contact. on the document and evidence front, want to stress that is an administration effort, not dod specifically that we in concert with so many other nations around the world will do what we can to make sure that clear evidence of these war crimes are documented and preserved for investigators to look at. i don t have anything to speak to in terms of dod capabilities with respect to that collection. it s part of an interagency effort to make sure the war crimes are properly documented. lastly not lastly. twomore things. an exercise to talk about over the weekend. iceland and the u.s. sixth fleet