Houthi

Cdr. Jacob Beckelhymer remembers vividly the first time his warship came under attack in the Red Sea.It was late September of last year, and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Stockdale was already several months into its lengthy Middle East deployment. Beckelhymer, then the warship’s executive officer, knew that the ship…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that US forces have attacked “hundreds” of Houthi targets in Yemen since the Pentagon began an intense bombing campaign against the Iran-backed rebels last month.”In Yemen, the Defense Department is executing lethal operations against Houthi terrorists,” Hegseth said in remarks at the US Army…