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Jared Szuba

Jared Szuba

Aug 15, 2024

In this handout photo provided by the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left, the Royal Navy air defense destroyer HMS Defender (D 36) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) — In this handout photo provided by the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left, the Royal Navy air defense destroyer HMS Defender (D 36) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) transit the Strait of Hormuz on Nov. 19, 2019. — Zachary Pearson - US Navy via Getty Images

In this handout photo provided by the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (L), the Royal Navy air defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz, Nov. 19, 2019.

Pentagon hastens naval deployment to head off Iran attack on Israel

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

AT SEA - JANUARY 22: The USS Florida sails during "Giant Shadow," a Naval Sea Systems Command/Naval Submarine Forces exercise to test the capabilities of the Navy's future guided missile submarines January 22, 2003 off the coast of the Bahamas. The Florida is one of four Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines to be converted to guided missile submarines. (Photo by David Nagle/U.S. Navy/Getty Images)

US sends in submarine as Iran-backed attacks continue in Syria, Iraq

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

A US F/A-18 taxis to the runway of the USS Eisenhower in the southern Red Sea. Feb. 21, 2024

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US Navy faces down Houthi attacks as Washington signals open-ended effort

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) sails in formation with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black.

Houthi attacks continue in Red Sea as US Navy dispatches new destroyers

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military