US EditionHegseth orders USS Truman to stay in the Middle East another week
- On April 4, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed that the USS Harry S. Truman extend its deployment in the Middle East by an additional week to sustain military efforts against Houthi insurgents.
- This extension follows a campaign to counter persistent missile and drone attacks by Yemen-based Houthis disrupting shipping through the strategic Red Sea trade corridor.
- The Truman strike group has operated in the Red Sea since December 14, 2024, with two destroyers and one cruiser, conducting daily strikes that have targeted more than 1,000 Houthi sites since mid-March.
- Despite recent incidents including a February collision with a merchant ship and the loss of two fighter jets, Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby praised the strike group as "crushing it."
- The extension allows the U.S. To keep two carrier strike groups deployed in the area to counter Houthi rebel activity, with the USS Harry S. Truman expected to return to Norfolk once the additional week concludes.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East for a second time, keeping it there another week so the U.S. can maintain two carrier strike groups in the region to battle Yemen-based Houthi rebels, according to a U.S. official. In late March, Hegseth extended the deployment of the Truman and the warships in its group for a month as part of a campaign to increase strikes on the Ira…
USS Carl Vinson one of two carrier strike groups in Middle East as Truman ordered to extend mission
The aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, underway in the Pacific Ocean in May 2024. (File photo courtesy of the Navy) The Department of Defense has ordered the USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group to remain in the Middle East for a second time, keeping it there another week. The U.S. wants to maintain two carrier strike groups – including the San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson – in the region to battle Yemen-based Houthi rebels, according to …
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Pentagon keeps 2 aircraft carriers in Middle East for another week
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman to remain in the Middle East for a second time, keeping it there another week so the U.S. can maintain two carrier strike groups in the region to battle Yemen-based Houthi rebels, according to a U.S. official.In late March, Hegseth extended the deployment of the Truman and the warships in its group for a month as part of a campaign to increase strikes on the Iran-bac…
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