USS Theodore Roosevelt

The two U.S. warships in the Middle East weren’t aiming to break a record. But when the coronavirus made ship stops in foreign countries too risky, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS San Jacinto were ordered to keep moving and avoid all port visits.

U.S. Navy Captain Brett Crozier is headed back to the U.S. from Guam, where he has been recuperating from coronavirus, according to CBS News.

The U.S. Navy confirmed Saturday the number of sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Kidd confirmed to be infected with the Chinese coronavirus has nearly doubled, rising from 18  to 33.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper is deciding whether to take the Navy’s recommendation to reinstate Navy Capt. Brett Crozier as the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt — the aircraft carrier that was sidelined in Guam with a coronavirus outbreak — after the service concluded its investigation into his actions on Friday.

Thousands of troops in European militaries have been impacted by coronavirus, including the crew of Frances aircraft carrier.

The Navy said it is “fully aware” and remains “operationally ready” in response to a Chinese deployment of a carrier strike group.

A CNN report received widespread criticism after it repeated Chinese propaganda and cited a Chinese state media outlet as its source.

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday over a controversy involving the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Smith called for the removal of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly on Monday over his decision to fire Navy Capt. Brett Crozier.

Trump said he would get involved with the Navy’s firing of Capt. Brett Crozier, the former commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly blasted Navy Capt. Brett Crozier, the fired commander of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

The ex-commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt Navy Capt. Brett Crozier tested positive for coronavirus before he was removed from command.

On Saturday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson and USS Theodore Roosevelt Commanding Officer Captain Brett Crozier are examples of people the Trump administration fired for speaking the truth. Schumer

Trump said he backed the Navy’s decision to fire the commander of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt “one hundred percent.”

Milley said the Navy had reason to believe that ex-USS Theodore Roosevelt commander Captain Brett Crozier went outside his chain of command.

Former Vice President Joe Biden backed ousted Navy Capt. Brett Crozier, who was relieved of his command of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier after his letter complaining about a coronavirus outbreak was leaked.

A Chinese state media outlet on Friday appeared to be capitalizing on public anger over the U.S. Navy’s dismissal of the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Capt. Brett Crozier, saying it was wrong to fire him.

Videos from sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt showed the crew cheering their commander as he walked off his ship.

Modly said other ships in the Pacific may now be on higher alert due to the ex-commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s leaked memo.

The Navy fired USS Theodore Roosevelt commander Capt. Brett Crozier, after his memo pleading leaders to get sailors off the ship leaked.

The Navy is expediting thousands of sailors off the USS Theodore Roosevelt in Guam, as about 100 test positive for coronavirus.

A Navy captain commanding the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is reportedly asking his commanders to allow his sailors off the ship to self-quarantine while docked in Guam.

Three U.S. sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt returned a positive diagnosis for Chinese coronavirus on Tuesday, the first cases reported on a deployed U.S. Navy ship.

A camera-equipped Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ spy drone flew over an American aircraft carrier transiting the Gulf, Tasnim news agency claimed in a Sunday report on its website.

Iran’s navy is ready to begin an annual drill in the strategic Strait of Hormuz as the re-imposed United States sanctions against the Islamic republic, targeting its vital oil sector, begin to bite.

A close maritime encounter between the Iran Revolutionary Guard’s navy and the USS Theodore Roosevelt earlier this year was captured on video, according to Iran’s Press TV service.

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and its strike group have arrived in the Persian Gulf to participate in Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

After stating last week that, despite Chinese objections, American naval ships will “fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows,” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter personally made good on that promise by joining the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea today.

Iranian military activity in the skies and waters of the Arabian Sea has actually increased since the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers was signed in mid-July, according to the U.S. military.

As the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt heads to Yemen to confront a convoy of Iranian ships, including destroyers, it is worth asking why President Barack Obama is still talking to the Iranian regime about its nuclear program. The Iranians, who used the Houthi militia to knock over the American-aligned Yemeni government, clearly has no fear that Obama will suspend negotiations. If anything, Iranian tactics are winning more concessions.

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The Pentagon has stated that a U.S. aircraft carrier is “repositioning” for a security operation, contrary to prior reports that the warship was tasked with intercepting an Iranian fleet in off the coast of Yemen.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the waters off Yemen to beef up security and join other American ships that are prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to the Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen.