(14 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Red Sea – 12 June 2024
1. USS Laboon seen from helicopter
2. Helicopter landing on USS Laboon
3. Crew secures helicopter on USS Laboon
4. Crew members aboard USS Laboon
5. Deck gun on USS Laboon
6. Machine gun on deck of USS Laboon
7. Missile bay on USS Laboon
8. Warning sign on missile bay
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Commander Eric Blomberg, USS Laboon Commander:
"And I don’t think people really understand just, just kind of how deadly serious it is – what we’re doing. And how, you know, under threat the ships continue to be. The Houthis are shooting everyday. Our ships remain under threat everyday, and we’re doing a great job defending ourselves, great job defending, the force. But it is relentless."
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Red Sea – 11 June 2024
10. Various of deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
11. Fighter jet on deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
12. Markings showing shoot-downs by pilot of fighter jet
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Christopher F. Hill, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Commander:
"It’s a dangerous job, and, we work through it. But there’s an extra layer of danger here, and, the sailors have performed well. They have saved civilian lives. I can’t count how many people we’ve saved at this point. It’s hard to count something that didn’t happen because we saved them. And, that’s an important message, I think, that needs to get out there."
14. Crew member locks fighter jet into catapult on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
15. Pilot salutes, takes off from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Rear Admiral Marc Miguez, the Navy’s commander for its Carrier Strike Group Two:
"We currently have pretty high confidence that not only is Iran providing financial support, but they’re providing intelligence support as well. And then finally, the one that gets most of the news is the kinetic support that they provide, the weapons."
17. Fighter jet going across deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Rear Admiral Marc Miguez, the Navy’s commander for its Carrier Strike Group Two:
"We have pretty high confidence that we know for a fact the Houthis have also gotten training to target maritime shipping, and target U.S. warships as well."
19. Fighter jet lands at sunset on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain David Wroe, the commander overseeing the guided missile destroyers:
"The destroyer spends six out of seven days in what we call the weapons engagement zone, the WEZ, where they can be hit with a variety of enemy weapons, whether it be UAVs, anti-ship cruise missiles or anti-ship ballistic missiles. A ballistic missile can be fired at them with seconds of notice. For a few minutes of flight time, you know, 10 seconds of detection, 10 seconds to figure out what you’re going to do about it. And, they’re incredibly deadly."
21. Various of deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower at night
22. Screen showing fighter jet landing on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Red Sea – 12 June 2024
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Commander Eric Blomberg, USS Laboon Commander:
"Now while we’re super trained and have done really, really well, we only have to get it wrong once, right? The Houthis just have to get one through that we mess up, and it’s devastating."
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Red Sea – 11 June 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
24. Crew member signals to a fighter jet waiting to take off from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
25. Fighter jet takes off into the night from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
STORYLINE:
More than 50 vessels have been clearly targeted by the rebels.
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