USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group

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Context

• The US announced that the nuclear-powered USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has been directed to move to the Eastern Mediterranean.
• This region is right next to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant organization Hamas.

Details

• USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
• It is currently in service with the United States Navy.
• Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of the ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently in service.
• It is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States and General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower.
• Dwight D. Eisenhower participated in the Gulf War in the 1990s.
• It also took part in support of S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.