Pentagon deploys USS Theodore Roosevelt to Middle East — Jerusalem Post – UA.NEWS

Pentagon deploys USS Theodore Roosevelt to Middle East — Jerusalem Post  UA.NEWS

The Pentagon is deploying the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East, the Jerusalem Post reports. The US Pentagon is deploying the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East. Two US officials confirmed this to Fox News, the Jerusalem Post reports. According to Fox News, the carrier group is expected to arrive in the region by the end of November. The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit is being transported by the USS Makin Island amphibious ready group, which previously departed San Diego. On October 1, a US official had already told the Jerusalem Post that the aircraft carrier and the Marine unit would be sent to the US Central Command area of responsibility.

Two other US aircraft carriers are currently in the region: the USS George H. W. Bush, which arrived in April, and the USS George Washington, which arrived in August to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln. At the same time, US Naval Institute News reported that the USS Theodore Roosevelt is heading to the US Central Command area of responsibility to replace the USS George Washington. More current news is available on the UA.News Telegram channel Telegram. The USS Boxer amphibious ready group with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit is also