A photo of large aircraft carriers moving through water.
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group makes its way through the Strait of Gibraltar.
  • The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is in the Middle East.
  • It was recently operating alongside the Gerald R. Ford CSG.
  • The two strike groups are being used in a deterrence role to keep the Israel-Hamas war from getting worse.

USS Gerald R. Ford, the US Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, and another American flattop recently conducted dual carrier operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.