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a day ago
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USS Gettysburg to return to Naval Station Norfolk after near 8 month deployment
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Sailors aboard the USS Gettysburg are returning to Naval Station Norfolk Friday after a near eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations. The crew departed in Sept. 2024 as a part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, which consisted of the USS Harry S. Truman, USS Stout and USS Jason Dunham. While deployed, the strike group completed exercises with NATO Allies and combat operations in the Red Sea. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Saba Yemen
3 days ago
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- Saba Yemen
US Military: We faced one of most intense combat operations in history in Red Sea
Sana'a – SABA: The US Navy has acknowledged that the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman experienced one of the most intense combat operations in history while operating in the Red Sea—highlighting the severity of the threat posed by Yemeni attacks during the second wave of American escalation in Yemen. A report by the US Naval Institute (USNI) described the relief and joy among the crews of the Truman and the destroyer USS Stout upon their return from what was described as a grueling combat mission. The report confirmed that three F/A-18 fighter jets were lost during the Truman's recent deployment and that over 1.1 million pounds of munitions were used by US forces over a 50-day campaign against Yemen. After five months of confronting Yemeni forces in the Red Sea, the Stout and Truman concluded what the report called one of the most intense naval operations in decades for the US Navy. Observers interpret the return of the Truman and Stout as a clear sign of the scale of the threat posed by Yemeni armed forces in the Red Sea against US military assets. The intensity of Yemeni attacks reportedly forced the US to seek an agreement to avoid further escalation, fearing a direct strike on the aircraft carrier itself—which would be a humiliating blow to the US military, especially after Yemeni forces posed real threats to advanced F-35 jets and succeeded in downing three F/A-18s. The Yemeni forces also relentlessly pursued US naval assets with continuous missile attacks around the clock. Yemeni revolutionary leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi stated: 'The Americans have destroyed many civilian targets, and there are hundreds of martyrs and wounded among our dear people, but they have not been able to stop the operations, destroy our capabilities, or break our people's will.' He added: 'If the Americans get involved in a third round of aggression, we are fully prepared to confront them.' Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
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7 days ago
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Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group to return after 9-month deployment
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group will begin returning to their respective homeports following a nine-month deployment. The strike group includes USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 28, and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 with nine embarked squadrons. The USS Stout and the Truman will return Sunday, per a news release issued Thursday. During the deployment, the USS Harry Truman collided with another vessel near Egypt, a F-18 Super Hornet fell overboard during an attack by the Houthis and the USS Gettysburg mistakenly fired another Super Hornet. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
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Truman, strike group begin homecomings from Red Sea deployment
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group will return in the coming days from its nine-month deployment, with the Truman itself returning Sunday. The carrier group includes the USS Gettysburg, USS Stout, USS Jason Dunham, and Carrier Air Wing 1. Carrier Air Wing 1, with its nine embarked squadrons, will return from Thursday to Saturday, while the USS Stout will return Sunday, along with the Truman, according to a news release issued Thursday. The Truman shipped out for the Red Sea to beef up U.S. forces combatting the Houthi rebels in Yemen in September Its deployment was extended in March. The deployment had made headlines repeatedly. The carrier collided with a merchant vessel near Egypt, a F-18 Super Hornet fell overboard during an attack by the Houthis, and the USS Gettysburg mistakenly shot down another Super Hornet in December .
Yahoo
31-03-2025
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Old photos of US Navy vessels misrepresented as showing 'rusty Chinese warships'
"The People's Liberation Army is really 'rusty'! Right after circumnavigating Australia, the Type 055 (destroyer) was caught on camera by Indonesia looking rusty. This is how the Chinese media rushed to explain it..." reads a traditional Chinese X post shared on March 12, 2025. The post links to a since-updated report with the same headline that was published by Taiwanese online media outlet Newtalk on March 11. The article's preview thumbnail shows a collage of closeups of rust on four navy ships. The collage circulated after Chinese warships sailed around Australia, and conducted live firing drills off the country's east coast on February 22 and 23 (archived link). Australia and New Zealand criticised China for staging the drills underneath a busy flight path between the countries with little notice, forcing some 49 flights to divert. Beijing's ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian, however, described the notice given for the surprise naval drills as "appropriate". The photos were shared in similar posts claiming the Chinese warships were "rusty" on X and Facebook. But the images are in fact old photos of US vessels. A keyword search on Google using a watermark in the bottom-right of the collage circulating online led to the same collage in a simplified Chinese article published by a military blogger on March 10 (archived link). The Taiwanese news articles appear to have taken the collage from this blog, and misidentified the blogger as being "Chinese media". In the blog, the user says the ships are US Navy vessels and compares the rust on them to patches of corrosion visible in photos of Chinese warships returning from Australia which were posted by an Indonesia-based X user on March 9 (archived link). "Overall, the maintenance condition of the rest of the (Chinese ships') hulls is still quite good, indicating that the naval fleet's maintenance capability for ocean-going warships is quite strong," they said. "In comparison, the US Navy's capability for ocean-going maintenance is far inferior to that of the Chinese navy." Reverse image and keyword searches on Google found the photos used in the circulating collage predate the Chinese warships' journey around Australia. The first image is a cropped version of a photo published by the independent US Naval Institute in January 2022, credited to the US Navy (archived link). Its caption reads: "Overwhelming demands on the current fleet combined with the inability to add new ships is taking its toll. Here the USS Stout (DDG-55) shows a lot of rust returning from a nine-month deployment in 2020." The second image in the collage has also been cropped from a photo that has circulated since November 2018, when the USS Curtis Wilbur visited Hong Kong. The uncropped photo was used in articles that noted that military enthusiasts in the city were disappointed to see the "rusty and shabby appearance" of the ship (archived link). The third image in the set can be found on the website of British photo agency Alamy (archived link). The photo's caption states it shows the USS Benfold, and was taken in Guam on September 29, 2016. The final photo in the collage was posted on X by naval journalist Chris Cavas on August 6, 2019, and credited to Leo van Ginderen (archived link). "Deployed US #amphibious ship USS Fort McHenry LSD43 leaving Kiel, Germany 9 June after a 3-day port call, during which the crew did not make their ship appear more presentable. Note to USN leaders: everyone notices this." reads the image's caption.
