US Accuses Iran Of 'Harassing' Ships In Persian Gulf
One Iranian vessel came within 10 yards of an American ship on military operations, according to the US Navy.
One Iranian vessel came within 10 yards of an American ship on military operations, according to the US Navy.
At least 585 crew members on board the ship have tested positive for COVID-19.
Thomas Modly's resignation comes as the number of USS Theodore Roosevelt sailors infected with COVID-19 reaches at least 230.
The Acting US Navy Secretary said Captain Brett Crozier had “demonstrated extremely poor judgement”.
Navy officials are struggling to quarantine crew members on board USS Theodore Roosevelt following an outbreak of coronavirus.
US-led forces have already withdrawn from the Qayara base in Nineveh province and the Qaim base near the border with Syria.
The number of sailors testing positive for the virus has risen from three to at least 23 in a matter of days.
The Space Force officially became a new branch of the US military in December.
The pullout from Qayara airfield comes after two rockets hit a fortified Green Zone in Baghdad.
USS Theodore Roosevelt is known to have 5,000 personnel onboard.
Around 1,500 troops and civilians who recently arrived in the country have been put into self-isolation.
The rockets hit the Green Zone and fell at least 1.2 miles from the US embassy, according to a spokesman.
The UK is understood to have been the biggest non-US contributor on the major exercise, with around 2,600 soldiers involved.
A US Navy sailor aboard USS Boxer has tested "presumptive positive" for coronavirus for the first time.
Weapon storage sites have been targeted in "defensive precision strikes" in response to an attack on Camp Taji which killed three people.
The exercise is the US' largest transatlantic military deployment for an exercise in 25 years.