Posted on Feb 5, 2022
U.S. Navy Sending USS Cole Destroyer to the UAE - Naval News
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On February 1, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III called Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE to express his support for the UAE after the Houthi attacks on Emirati territory and threats made against U.S and Emirati armed forces at Al Dhafra Air Base. During this call, the secretary expressed his intention to send a destroyer and fighters to help defend the UAE.
This last call took place after U.S. military personnel responded to an inbound missile threat at Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE. Those are not new. Indeed, the United Arabs Emirates are facing reguraly attacks – attributed to Houtis – on its territory. The UAE suffered its third missile attack in consecutive weeks on January 31.
To show strong support from the U.S. to the UAE, the Secretary reviewed a range of actions the Department of Defense is taking.
This last call took place after U.S. military personnel responded to an inbound missile threat at Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE. Those are not new. Indeed, the United Arabs Emirates are facing reguraly attacks – attributed to Houtis – on its territory. The UAE suffered its third missile attack in consecutive weeks on January 31.
To show strong support from the U.S. to the UAE, the Secretary reviewed a range of actions the Department of Defense is taking.
U.S. Navy Sending USS Cole Destroyer to the UAE - Naval News
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New too me, PO1 William "Chip" Nagel , good morning and a good share to start the day off, thanks.
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Interesting; USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer home-ported in Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Cole is named in honor of Marine Sergeant Darrell S. Cole, a machine-gunner killed in action on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, during World War II. This destroyer was bombed. Suicide bombers in a small boat steered their craft into the side of the USS Cole, which was preparing to refuel in the harbour in the Yemeni port of Aden; the blast ripped a 1,600-square-foot (150-square-metre) hole in its hull and left 17 sailors dead and 39 wounded. Wasn't this another Houti attack or was it Somali pirates that attacked the Cole in the Port of Aden, Chip?
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