CENTCOM Chief Tours Aircraft Carrier in Arabian Sea
Cooper was accompanied by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during the visit to crew members, CENTCOM announced in an official statement.
The admiral praised the strike group's personnel, stating: "I join the American people in expressing our incredible pride in the Sailors and Marines of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group," said Cooper. "Their dedication to the mission and professionalism are on full display here in the Middle East as they demonstrate U.S. military readiness and strength."
Witkoff revealed he met with the aviator who shot down Tuesday an Iranian drone that flew toward the carrier "without clear intent."
"Proud to stand with the men and women who defend our interests, deter our adversaries, and show the world what American readiness and resolve look like, on watch every day," Witkoff said on US social media company X.
Just one day earlier, Witkoff and Kushner participated in Muscat-based indirect negotiations with Iran as tensions surge following American military deployments to the Persian Gulf and President Donald Trump's repeated military action threats.
The USS Abraham Lincoln began its deployment last November, initially conducting Indo-Pacific operations before repositioning to Middle Eastern waters in January.
According to the statement, the strike group comprises the carrier Abraham Lincoln, embarked command staffs from Carrier Strike Group 3, Destroyer Squadron 21, and Carrier Air Wing 9, guided-missile destroyers USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121), USS Spruance (DDG 111), and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), plus over 60 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.
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