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The US Navy declared on Monday that the carrier strike group led by the USS Gerald R. Ford will be returning home, following several months of deployment.being deployed1973 Yom Kippur War

After the 1973 Yom Kippur War, troops were sent to the eastern Mediterranean in order to safeguard Israel. on Israel.

The attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7th..

The Ford and its accompanying warships will be substituted by the amphibious assault ship, the USS Bataan, and its accompanying warships, the USS Mesa Verde and the USS Carter Hall. These three ships were previously stationed in the Red Sea and are currently traveling towards the Eastern Mediterranean. According to the Navy’s announcement on Monday, the remaining group will consist of these three ships and 2,000 Marines who are able to support various missions as a sea-based expeditionary force.

Incoming ballistic missiles were intercepted.

Last month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin paid a visit to the USS Ford, which was under fire from attack drones launched by the Houthi-controlled Yemen.

conflict will widen. The Eisenhower has recently patrolled near the Gulf of Aden, at the mouth of the Red Sea waterway, where so many

Vessels used for commercial purposes have been subject to assault. in recent weeks.

On Sunday, the Eisenhower and the USS Gravely, a destroyer, received a distress call from the Maersk Hangzhou, a container ship, reporting an attack by four small boats supported by the Iranian-backed Houthi group. In response, the helicopters were deployed and the boats fired at them with crew-served weapons and small arms. The helicopters also fired back in defense.sinking three of the four boats

The United States Central Command reported that the crews were killed in action.

Continuous assaults on commercial vessels have caused certain companies to halt voyages through the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which links the Gulf of Aden to the southern Red Sea and ultimately the Suez Canal.

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