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Inside the USS Carney’s harrowing and unprecedented deployment
The warship Carney returned home Sunday from a long and historic deployment fending off Houthi rebel attacks in the Middle East.
By Diana Stancy
Yemen’s Houthis can still fight despite US-led airstrikes
The Iran-backed Houthis claimed to have shot down a U.S. drone Tuesday.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Sailors’ endurance tested amid 4 months of constant Red Sea threats
Sailors aboard the carrier Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent months defending against ballistic missiles and flying attack drones.
By Bernat Armangue and Tara Copp, AP
Most casualties from recent attacks in Middle East are brain injuries
Troops have been attacked 170 times since October.
Why the Navy says its Red Sea and Gulf of Aden battles are historic
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are believed to be the first entity to ever fire an anti-ship ballistic missile in conflict.
40 militants killed in strikes on Iraq and Syria, Pentagon says
The U.S. struck more than 85 Iran-backed targets on Feb. 2 in retaliation for the deaths of three American soldiers in January.
Drone strike in Baghdad kills senior militia commander, officials say
Two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said that a senior Kataib Hezbollah commander was targeted in a U.S. strike on Wednesday in Iraq.
After Jordan attack, Pentagon weighs options to bolster base security
U.S. troops will likely be staying put at Tower 22 and other remote outposts in Iraq, Syria and Jordan, according to the Pentagon.
DC Guard F-16s deploy to Middle East as airstrikes continue
The U.S. has bolstered its combat units in CENTCOM as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spark a larger conflict.
Iran-backed attacks in Middle East continue after dozens of US strikes
The Pentagon has insisted that the barrage of attacks by Iran-backed militants, and United States retaliatory strikes, don’t amount to war.
The Navy took out multiple Houthi drones and missiles over the weekend
Strikes on Iran-backed militants in Iraq and Syria continued as well.
By Diana Stancy