US Aircraft Carrier Leaves Middle East for Indo-Pacific

Published on September 12, 2024

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is returning to the Indo-Pacific following a weeks-long extension of its Middle East deployment, Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder announced on Sep. 12. “The Theodore Roosevelt has departed and has begun its transit into the Indo-Pacific command area of operations,” Ryder said. “We remain intensely focused on working with regional partners to de-escalate tensions and deter a wider regional conflict [in the Middle East].” The second aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and the guided-missile submarine USS Georgia both deployed from the Indo-Pacific region to the Middle East last month, remain in the theater. Another carrier strike group, amphibious ready group, Marine expeditionary unit, and several destroyers and fighter aircraft remain in the region to respond to emerging threats stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, Ryder added....

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