The USS Eisenhower, which sailed from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea on December 16, is currently on a mission to bomb the Houthis.
In the Red Sea, this is the only US aircraft carrier, which has been on duty in the Red Sea for more than a month since December. It has been four months since the aircraft carrier left the port of Norfolk on October 14, and the soldiers are tired from fighting in the narrow strip of the Red Sea for so long, and they need to rest. The ship also needs to be repaired, after all, it is an old ship that has been in service for 48 years. The USS Eisenhower was commissioned in 1977, which is really too old, and it really needs to be overhauled after 4 months of continuous deployment.
The U.S. Navy also announced in January that the USS Eisenhower would return to Norfolk Harbor, but the USS Eisenhower still holds out in the Red Sea. The soldiers who have been adrift at sea for four months away from home also feel very aggrieved and very dissatisfied.
So, why didn't this aircraft carrier evacuate the Red Sea? Seeing that the British 45-class D34 Diamond had been safely evacuated home unscathed, the sailors on the Eisenhower were simply envious.
In fact, the fact that the aircraft carrier Eisenhower could not be evacuated was really calculated by the British. Britain has two aircraft carriers, HMS Queen and HMS Prince of Wales, and one was scheduled to go to the Red Sea to replace the USS Eisenhower. As a result, the British really knew how to play, and as soon as the Queen left the port, the axis broke, and the Prince of Wales also lay down as soon as it left the port.
This large-scale joint military exercise originally set the British aircraft carrier as the command ship, but it turned out that it could not go. The most bitter thing was the USS Eisenhower, so I could only grit my teeth and persevere. If the aircraft carrier breaks down in the Red Sea, it will be fatal. Moreover, day and night ready to intercept Houthi missiles and drones, the soldiers have been mentally stressed for a long time and cannot rest at all, they are already almost to the limit.
It has not yet been decided which aircraft carrier will replace the USS Eisenhower, and another amphibious assault ship will not be sent. The Ford left the Mediterranean Sea and was replaced by the amphibious assault ship Bataan, and the Ford and you are pitiful, and it took 261 days to return to the home port after being deployed overseas, thanks to a new ship.