The USS Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego on Sunday for what is anticipated to be an extended Middle East deployment, which would make it the fifth U.S. aircraft carrier to have been committed to operations connected to the Iran war since it began seven months ago.
According to an Aug. 26 report by USNI News about the Roosevelt’s deployment, the carrier’s 5,000-strong crew is expected to head to Central Command’s area of responsibility, where the aircraft carrier will relieve the USS George Washington.
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The last month has been a comparatively quiet period in the Iran War, with The Wall Street Journal recently describing the last few weeks as occupying a “liminal space between war and peace.”
However, that period has nevertheless taken a toll on United States service members.
According to a report Monday by Task & Purpose, which cited an update to the Defense Casualty Analysis System, nine Marines and 29 sailors were wounded in the month of September in “overseas operations,” as part of their support of the Iran War.
Local communities have expressed frustration over rising diesel prices as fuel costs hover near record highs. Prices have shot up in recent weeks due to the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz and repeated attacks on oil refineries as part of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The rise has prompted some Republicans to call for a ban on diesel exports ahead of the forthcoming midterm elections.
Prices Rising
The average price of diesel reached a record high of $6.53 per gallon on Tuesday, 22nd September, and stayed around $6.50 over the weekend.
President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend. By Monday, however, there was less agreement on whether a new round of talks was planned.
“I reject their proposal,” Trump said to reporters Saturday.
A B-1 Bomber, 77th Weapons Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, performs a fly by for the crowd during an Air Force Firepower Demonstration at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nev., Oct 8.
Russia Launches Major Drone Strikes Against Kyiv: Russia attacked the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, with drones again on Monday. The drones hit the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine building, setting it on fire.
One Person Killed
Vladimir Putin in Syria. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Putin in Briefing. Image Credit: Russian Government.
Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko said that as a result of the attack on the academy, one person was killed and three were injured.
Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Continues to Reach New Lows – U.S. President Donald Trump’s approval rating remains at uncomfortable lows just five weeks before the midterm elections.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released last week found that the President’s approval rating stood at just 32% — the lowest of his political career under any Reuters/Ipsos survey.
President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in the Cabinet Room.
The Army has a saying, “Ain’t no use in looking down, ain’t no discharge on the ground.” But for some old World War II sailors, looking down might have revealed a DD-214—just not the kind of DD-214 that are discharge papers.
That’s because the destroyer and minesweeper USS Tracy was commissioned as DD-214, the Navy’s 208th destroyer, so numbered because DD-200 through DD-205 were canceled.
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USS Tracy actually predates World War II.
Everyone remembers the SignalGate scandal in March 2025, when journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic was accidentally added to a Signal group chat that included Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other top government officials.
Just as he would later that year with the Iranian nuclear program, President Donald Trump claimed that he had “decimated” the Houthis, the Iran-backed militia who were the targets of the attack that was being planned in that Signal chat.
Modern CASEVAC operations in Ukraine are hampered by new types of battlefield lethality, particularly massed use of drones.
The Iran War Puts America’s Middle East Bases Near the Strait of Hormuz in Question – For decades now, the United States has relied on its bases throughout the Middle East for military support, whether that’s launching aircraft and moving supplies or directing naval operations to respond quickly to regional crises. Those bases are a fixture of American foreign policy, but the war with Iran has exposed those facilities in ways many thought weren’t possible.