Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower and its strike group are being shifted for deployment for better US force protection in the Middle East. (Michael Fabey)

The United States has shifted the USS Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to the Central Command area of responsibility (AOR) and deployed a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as well as additional Patriot battalions to locations throughout the region to increase force protection for US forces, the Pentagon confirmed on 21 October.

“Following detailed discussions with [US] President [Joe] Biden on recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East region, today I directed a series of additional steps to further strengthen the Department of Defense's posture in the region,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement.

“These steps will bolster regional deterrence efforts, increase force protection for US forces in the region, and assist in the defence of Israel,” Austin said.

“I redirected the movement of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower

Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower and its strike group are being shifted for deployment for better US force protection in the Middle East. (Michael Fabey)

The United States has shifted the USS Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to the Central Command area of responsibility (AOR) and deployed a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as well as additional Patriot battalions to locations throughout the region to increase force protection for US forces, the Pentagon confirmed on 21 October.

“Following detailed discussions with [US] President [Joe] Biden on recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East region, today I directed a series of additional steps to further strengthen the Department of Defense's posture in the region,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement.

“These steps will bolster regional deterrence efforts, increase force protection for US forces in the region, and assist in the defence of Israel,” Austin said.

“I redirected the movement of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower

Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower and its strike group are being shifted for deployment for better US force protection in the Middle East. (Michael Fabey)

The United States has shifted the USS Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to the Central Command area of responsibility (AOR) and deployed a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as well as additional Patriot battalions to locations throughout the region to increase force protection for US forces, the Pentagon confirmed on 21 October.

“Following detailed discussions with [US] President [Joe] Biden on recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East region, today I directed a series of additional steps to further strengthen the Department of Defense's posture in the region,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement.

“These steps will bolster regional deterrence efforts, increase force protection for US forces in the region, and assist in the defence of Israel,” Austin said.

“I redirected the movement of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower

Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower and its strike group are being shifted for deployment for better US force protection in the Middle East. (Michael Fabey)

The United States has shifted the USS Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to the Central Command area of responsibility (AOR) and deployed a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as well as additional Patriot battalions to locations throughout the region to increase force protection for US forces, the Pentagon confirmed on 21 October.

“Following detailed discussions with [US] President [Joe] Biden on recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East region, today I directed a series of additional steps to further strengthen the Department of Defense's posture in the region,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement.

“These steps will bolster regional deterrence efforts, increase force protection for US forces in the region, and assist in the defence of Israel,” Austin said.

“I redirected the movement of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower

Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower and its strike group are being shifted for deployment for better US force protection in the Middle East. (Michael Fabey)

The United States has shifted the USS Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to the Central Command area of responsibility (AOR) and deployed a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as well as additional Patriot battalions to locations throughout the region to increase force protection for US forces, the Pentagon confirmed on 21 October.

“Following detailed discussions with [US] President [Joe] Biden on recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East region, today I directed a series of additional steps to further strengthen the Department of Defense's posture in the region,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement.

“These steps will bolster regional deterrence efforts, increase force protection for US forces in the region, and assist in the defence of Israel,” Austin said.

“I redirected the movement of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower

Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower and its strike group are being shifted for deployment for better US force protection in the Middle East. (Michael Fabey)

The United States has shifted the USS Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to the Central Command area of responsibility (AOR) and deployed a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as well as additional Patriot battalions to locations throughout the region to increase force protection for US forces, the Pentagon confirmed on 21 October.

“Following detailed discussions with [US] President [Joe] Biden on recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East region, today I directed a series of additional steps to further strengthen the Department of Defense's posture in the region,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement.

“These steps will bolster regional deterrence efforts, increase force protection for US forces in the region, and assist in the defence of Israel,” Austin said.

“I redirected the movement of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower