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Ike will be the first U.S. aircraft carrier to operate in the Middle Eastern waters of U.S. Central Command since the end of the Afghanistan war in 2021.
The junior sailor died after ingesting fentanyl aboard Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois, where narcotics investigations have soared in recent years.