Report: U.S. Shoulders Steep Price to Protect Merchant Ships in Strait Of Hormuz
The Navy pays a steep price keeping an aircraft carrier with escorts on station to deter attacks on oil tanker…
Truman Escorts Now Supporting Carrier Lincoln on Extended Deployment
This post has been updated to clarify the Navy cannot immediately deploy an aircraft from the East Coast to replace…
Admiral: Carrier Lincoln’s Middle East Mission Will Be Extended
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Lincoln Carrier Strike Group will remain on station in the Middle East while its relief carrier…
Pentagon Hasn’t Extended Carrier Lincoln Deployment as More Troops Headed to Saudi Arabia
THE PENTAGON – Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has not extended the deployment of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group…
HASC Chair, Members Against U.S. Strike Against Iran for Refinery Attack
Three members of the House Armed Services Committee came down against U.S. armed retaliation against Iran for the attack on…
Report to Congress on Saudi Arabia
The following is the June 18, 2019 Congressional Research Service Insight report, Saudi Arabia.…
Report to Congress on Current U.S.-Iran Tensions
The following is the May 16, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, U.S.-Iran Tensions Escalate.…
Two U.S. Warships Enter Persian Gulf Without Incident
Two U.S. guided-missile destroyers entered the Persian Gulf on Thursday without incident as the likelihood of an armed confrontation between…
Spanish Frigate Drops Out of Lincoln Strike Group Over U.S. Iran Stance
A Spanish guided-missile frigate is temporarily dropping out to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group over the U.S. shift in…
Panel: Iran Benefits from Saudi Arabia’s Involvement in Yemen
Iranian leaders are gaining leverage and advantage over Saudi Arabia and its allies as the conflict in Yemen drags on,…