{"id":24281,"date":"2026-08-27T05:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=24281"},"modified":"2026-08-27T05:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:36:16","slug":"u-s-to-deploy-new-aircraft-carrier-to-middle-east-with-5000-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/08\/27\/u-s-to-deploy-new-aircraft-carrier-to-middle-east-with-5000-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. to deploy new aircraft carrier to Middle East with 5,000 troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The U.S. Navy is deploying the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, accompanied by around 5,000 troops, to the Middle East as part of efforts to strengthen its military presence in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, the carrier is expected to depart San Diego in the coming weeks and is scheduled to conduct a roughly seven-month mission in the Middle East under the U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Navy leadership has instructed the carrier\u2019s crew to prepare for an extended deployment, warning that the mission could last longer than initially scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Theodore Roosevelt is expected to replace the USS George Washington in the region. Meanwhile, the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier is also maintaining a presence in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expansion of the U.S. aircraft carrier presence comes as military tensions between Washington and Tehran continue, with the United States increasing preparations for sustained operations in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The U.S. Navy is deploying the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, accompanied by around 5,000 troops, to the Middle East as part of efforts to strengthen its military presence in the region. According to reports, the carrier is expected to depart San Diego in the coming weeks and is scheduled to conduct a roughly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24281"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24283,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24281\/revisions\/24283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}