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Navy commander says officers wanted strong strikes against Houthis; superiors refused

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A military leader who served on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in conflicts against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen stated that high command rejected requests for heavier attacks against the terrorists. “There are definite strategies that...

Movement of US naval ships in Middle East has ‘gotten into the headspace of...

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The movement of U.S. Navy assets to support the Jewish state and defend it, if necessary, from an attack from Tehran has gotten into Iran’s head, Sabrina Singh, the deputy Pentagon press secretary said...

US Navy destroyer downs suicide drones, missile in Red Sea

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A U.S. Navy destroyer in the Red Sea shot down several suicide drones and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired towards it by Houthis in Yemen, AP reported on Wednesday. The attack apparently targeted the “USS Carney,” an...
“USS Gerald R. Ford” steams in the Ionian Sea, Oct. 4, 2023. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly/U.S. Navy.

Next steps in the Red Sea: Offense, not just defense

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Recent events in the transit lanes of the Red Sea have underscored the need for international action to restore freedom of navigation for commercial shipping traffic. Attacks on commercial ships by the Iranian proxy...
Israel's Navy took part in the world’s largest naval exercise in February 2022. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

Israeli Navy takes part in world’s largest naval exercise in Red Sea, Gulf of...

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The Israeli Navy took part in the world’s largest naval exercise, involving 60 international navies, concluding the operation on Thursday, announced the Israel Defense Forces. In a statement, the IDF said the exercise was led...
Israeli Defense MInister Benny Gantz arrives in Bahrain on Feb. 2, 2022. Credit: Elad Malka/Israeli Ministry of Defense.

During historic Bahrain visit, Gantz pledges to pursue ‘operational cooperation’

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet on Thursday morning after arriving in Bahrain on a surprise visit the day before. He was accompanied by the commander of the Fifth...
Commander of the Israeli Navy Vice Adm. David Saar Salama (left) with Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S. Naval Forces under Central Command, who wrapped up another visit to Israel on Jan. 10, 2022. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

Head of US Naval Forces under Central Command wraps up Israel visit

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The Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday that Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S. Naval Forces under Central Command, the Fifth Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, completed his most recent visit to...
U.S. Navy sailors. Credit: Anthony Correia/Shutterstock.

Judge gives Jewish sailor temporary pass from US Navy order to shave beard

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A federal judge temporarily postponed on Thursday an order by the U.S. Navy to have a Jewish sailor shave his beard, reported Military.com. Electrician’s Mate (Nuclear) 3rd Class Edmund Di Liscia, a Torah-observant Jew aboard the...
Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Bahrain says it foiled Iranian attack earlier this year

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Bahrain’s interior ministry said on Sunday that it had foiled a “terrorist attack” by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps earlier this year. “We want to make clear that this case goes back to early 2020,...
An HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter passes the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy in the Arabian Gulf in September 2015. Credit: Anna Van Nuys/U.S. Navy.

US warship seizes Iranian missiles in Arabian Sea

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The U.S. Navy captured illegal Iranian-made weapons earlier this week, including 150 anti-tank missiles on a traditional sailing vessel in the Arabian Sea, announced U.S. Central Command on Thursday. The weapons seized on Sunday included...