Since 2019, there has been a series of attacks on shipping in strategic Gulf waters at times of tension between the United States and Iran.
It is a travesty that the vehicle was never certified for use by any of the international certification/classification societies such as DNV-GL or the American Bureau of Shipping.
This new naval officer is already working hard to assist her colleagues - and hopefully receiving belly rubs along the way.
The submarine vanished during a dive down to the Titanic wreck on Sunday. The confirmation of the sub's loss came after an extensive search mission.
The crushing of any critique of the government is part of China’s shifting stance on many issues.
The incident comes just weeks after Iran seized two foreign oil tankers in the region in early May and late April.
The Combined Maritime Forces is a 34-nation task force working on security, counter-terrorism and counter-piracy in the Red Sea and Gulf areas.
84 US sailors had lost their lives during the battle, which the father of one of the Lost 52 Project archaeologists had witnessed first-hand
The incident comes after Iran on Thursday seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman called the Advantage Sweet.
The US Navy identified the vessel as the Advantage Sweet which, according to Refinitiv ship tracking data, is a Suezmax crude tanker.
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