Eisenhower Aircraft Carrier Group Heads Home After Months Battling Houthis in Red Sea

Published on June 24, 2024

The U.S. Navy’s Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group left the Red Sea region this weekend after fighting there for nearly eight months to stop the Houthi drone and missile attacks targeting commercial shipping in the key waterway. Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder announced that the carrier strike group officially left the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility and would transit the Mediterranean Sea back to the United States. The Houthis, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, have harassed the Red Sea shipping lane for months with missiles and explosive-laden drones. A Zaidi Shiite Islamic faction, the Houthis began their attacks in October, following the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas—another U.S.-designated terrorist group—in the Gaza Strip....

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