Welcome Home! | USS Jason Dunham Returns to Mayport After 8-Month Deployment to Middle East

Welcome Home! | USS Jason Dunham returns to Mayport after 8-month deployment to Middle East

The destroyer was deployed with USS Harry S. Truman, supporting it in operations against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

A US Navy warship captain said the Red Sea conflict was a 'knife fight in a phone booth.' China would be way more challenging.

US Navy warships launched hundreds of missiles during the Red Sea conflict.Screengrab via US Central CommandAmerica's conflict with the Houthis gave the US Navy a taste of high-tempo air defense operations.The Navy is using the conflict to inform planning for future maritime wars, like a clash with China.One warship captain said a fight in the Pacific would be vastly different from the Red Sea battle.The US Navy's exhausting shootout with the Ir…