Pentagon Defense Secretary Trip To Middle East, Carrier Strike Group Replacement Underway
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group has left the U.S. Central Command's area of operations and will be replaced by the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group.
WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin will be meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to discuss the current situation in the Middle East.
Topics to be discussed during the trip to the Middle East Include:
Israeli operations in Gaza
Humanitarian efforts
Tension With Hezbollah In Lebanon
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group has left the U.S. Central Command's area of operations and will be replaced by the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group.
USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group will leave the Indo-Pacific AOR for CENTCOM's AOR after an exercise in the Indo-Pacific.
Operations of the temporary pier contracted in Gaza to feed Palestinians trapped by the fighting were paused for routine maintenance and will resume tomorrow.
Over the weekend, the Defense Department pier delivered about 1,380 metric tons of aid to Gaza, totaling more than 6,200 metric tons delivered since May 17.
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