After almost four months on station in the Red Sea, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and USS Gravely (DDG-107) transited the Suez Canal on Friday, the Navy announced. Ike, the flagship of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, and Gravely are now in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to a news release from U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa. It is unclear how long the two ships will remain in the Med. The Ike Carrier Strike Group deployed on Oct. 13 and headed toward the Red Sea, where it participated in Operation Prosperity Guardian. Aircraft from Ike and Gravely shot down several Houthi drones and anti-ship
Not having paid close enough attention, I have no idea if/how much Ansar Allah influenced this move.
FWIW, sometimes I put some editorializing—usually in brackets—in a post title, or else I put it in the body of the post. And sometimes I post to a comm that’s more appropriate for editorializing. I’m not a c/worldnews mod, though.
fair, updated the title
Not having paid close enough attention, I have no idea if/how much Ansar Allah influenced this move.
FWIW, sometimes I put some editorializing—usually in brackets—in a post title, or else I put it in the body of the post. And sometimes I post to a comm that’s more appropriate for editorializing. I’m not a c/worldnews mod, though.
I just felt like being snarky with this one, but yeah the body of the post is a good spot for that too.