USS Theodore Roosevelt arrives in US 5th Fleet area of operations

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: US Central Command
12 Jul 2024 20:48
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The US Central Command announces the arrival of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in the 5th Fleet area on July 12.

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In this photo provided by the US Marine Corps, the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) departs Apra Harbor at Naval Base Guam on Thursday, May 21, 2020. (US Marine Corps via AP)

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the arrival of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) into the 5th Fleet's area of operations, which includes the Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, and parts of the Indian Ocean.

In a post on X, CENTCOM stated: "The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations July 12 to deter aggression, promote regional stability, and protect the free flow of commerce in the region."

The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) arrived in the U.S. 5th
Fleet area of operations July 12 to deter aggression, promote regional stability, and protect the free flow of commerce in the region. pic.twitter.com/TEJck2gLHF
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 12, 2024

This comes after in June, US officials announced that the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which was dispatched to the Red Sea to counter the Yemeni Armed Forces' operations in support of Gaza, was ordered to return home amid its failure to carry out the mission it was dispatched to the region for and after coming under attack by the Yemeni Armed Forces.

On May 31, the spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF), Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced that the YAF targeted the flagship of the United States Carrier Strike Group 2, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, in response to multiple American-British strikes on Yemen.

The YAF's Rocket Force and Navy launched a composite strike on the aircraft carrier, he detailed.

The strike consisted of multiple anti-ship ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, which dealt direct and precise hits to the USS Eisenhower, Saree explained.

The YAF's attack on US Navy assets deployed in the region was in response to 13 airstrikes that targeted both civilian and military areas across Yemen, leading to 58 casualties.

Eisenhower reportedly returned to Norfolk in the state of Virginia, according to what the US Naval Institute’s news service mentioned, citing an anonymous official.

At the time, the reports added that the warship would be replaced by an aircraft carrier that would operate in the Pacific, with the closest known to be operating in Asia being either the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) or USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75).