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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has directed the USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group join the USS Ford Carrier Strike Group which arrived earlier this week

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RELEASE

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Statement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin

III on Deployment of USS Eisenhower Carrier

Strike Group to the Eastern Mediterranean

 

Oct. 14,2023

 

I have directed the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to begin moving

to the Eastern Mediterranean. As part of our effort to deter hostile actions against Israel or

any efforts toward widening this war following Hamas's attack on Israel, the Strike Group

includes the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), guided-missile destroyers

USS Gravely (DDG 107) and USS Mason (DDG 87), and Carrier Air Wing 3, with nine aircraft

squadrons, and embarked headquarters staffs.

 

The Eisenhower CSG will join the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, which arrived

earlier this week. The Ford CSG includes the USS Normandy, USS Thomas Hudner, USS

Ramage, USS Carney, and USS Roosevelt. Earlier in the week, the U.S. Air Force announced

deployment to the region of squadrons of F-15, F-16 and A-IO fighter aircraft.

 

The increases to U.S. force Posture signal the United States' ironclad commitment to Israel's

security and our resolve to deter any state or non-state actor seeking to escalate this war.

 

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