The Navy’s top officer visited a warship in the Persian Gulf this week after ongoing tensions with Iran led the Pentagon to extend an aircraft carrier group’s deployment to the region.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russ Smith travelled to Manama, Bahrain, Jan. 13-14 to meet with.
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith traveled to Manama, Bahrain, Jan. 13-14 to meet with senior Bahrain leadership as well as forward-deployed Sailors in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of,
U.S. aircraft carriers have been hanging around the Persian Gulf.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Perhaps Iran can also use the images it took of the USS
Nimitz to create a better faux version of the carrier for the Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRG-N) to use as a target. While the Iranians have already built a simulated American carrier on a target barge it was far from accurate.
Earlier this month the U.S. Navy sent the USS
Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG 11) to the Persian Gulf as a demonstration of solidarity with allies and partners in the region, freedom of navigation, and readiness to launch war, should the latter be necessary. The USS
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Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt last year. (Navy) As the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its thousands of sailors got ready for another deployment this fall, one officer was worried. Ike broke records earlier in 2020 by deploying for 206 consecutive days at sea, a dubious distinction of a cruise made longer and crappier by the need to keep the crew COVID-19-free, eliminating the port calls that serve as pressure release valves for hard-working shipmates during deployments. The carrier got back to Norfolk in August and will soon ship out again.