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US warship responds to an attack on commercial ship in Red Sea

Haley Britzky, CNN — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 04:20:42 +0000

(CNN) — The USS Carney responded Monday to a distress call from a commercial vessel after it was attacked by “multiple projectiles” in the southern Red Sea, a US military official said. The merchant vessel Swan Atlantic was attacked at roughly 9 a.m. Sanaa time, the official said. More information regarding what kind of projectiles

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Crew members aboard Osprey that crashed off coast of Japan still missing, Pentagon says

Haley Britzky, CNN — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:13:57 +0000

Washington (CNN) — The eight airmen who were aboard an Air Force CV-22B Osprey that crashed off the shore of Yakushima Island, Japan, on Wednesday are still missing, deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh said Thursday. “I don’t have an update for you on recovery efforts just yet. Again, we know that there are eight

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Missiles fired from Yemen toward US warship that responded to attack on commercial tanker

Haley Britzky, CNN — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 03:52:47 +0000

(CNN) — Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday. The tanker, identified as the Central Park, had been carrying

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US destroyer has ballistic missiles fired toward it, after responding to attack on commercial tanker

Haley Britzky, CNN — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:56:19 +0000

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Pentagon says 900 US troops have deployed or are deploying to Middle East amid heightened tensions

Haley Britzky, CNN — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 05:01:02 +0000

(CNN) — Roughly 900 US troops have been deployed or are deploying to the Middle East amid heightened tensions in the region after a series of attacks on coalition bases that resulted in minor injuries for almost two dozen troops. “These include forces that have been on prepare to deploy orders, and which are deploying

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US orders deployment of fighter jets and Navy destroyer to Middle East in response to Iranian activities

Haley Britzky, CNN — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 04:21:55 +0000

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US defense secretary says ongoing lack of communication with China could lead to incident that could ‘spiral out of control’

Haley Britzky, CNN — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 01:53:25 +0000

(CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said it was “unfortunate” China declined a US offer to speak at a defense summit this week in Singapore and that the ongoing lack of communication could result in “an incident that could very, very quickly spiral out of control.” “(Y)ou’ve heard me talk a number of times about the

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Thousands of Afghans escaped the Taliban with the help of private veteran groups. Today, many remain in limbo, held in a compound in the UAE

Haley Britzky, CNN — Mon, 08 May 2023 08:21:33 +0000

(CNN) — About 2,100 Afghan refugees remain held in a sprawling compound in the United Arab Emirates more than 18 months after they were evacuated from Afghanistan largely by private groups working with the US State Department. They are what’s left of as many as 20,000 Afghans who were hastily relocated to the camp during

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US Army identifies nine soldiers killed in Black Hawk training accident

Haley Britzky, CNN — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 09:16:07 +0000

(CNN) — The US Army has identified the nine soldiers who were killed in a nighttime training accident on Wednesday evening, when two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed in a field near Fort Campbell, Kentucky. An Army news release identified the soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division who were killed in the incident as Warrant

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Military aid to Ukraine will ‘change the dynamics’ of war with Russia – US defense secretary

Haley Britzky, CNN — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:14:53 +0000

(CNN) — The US believes the training and equipment it is providing Ukraine will “change the dynamics on the battlefield” in the war against Russia and allow Kyiv’s forces to “breach Russian defenses,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for “CNN This Morning” on Thursday. \”We’re training and equipping

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