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USS Theodore Roosevelt Deploys to Relieve Carrier in Middle East
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- The U.S. Navy deployed the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to the Middle East.
- The deployment includes the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit heading to the region.
- USS Theodore Roosevelt left San Francisco on Sunday to relieve USS George Washington in U.S. Central Command’s area.
- USS George Washington currently enforces a naval blockade against Iran and escorts commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.