Aboard the USS George Washington, young sailors adjust to war with Iran
Reuters visited the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in September, three days after the US military blew up five Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for Iran targeting a US Navy warship. The carrier is operating near the Strait of Hormuz on a mission with no defined end date, having been deployed from Japan at the end of August to relieve another carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln. The war began in February with joint strikes on Iranian targets by the US and Israel.
Why it matters: The open-ended carrier deployment near the Strait of Hormuz places the story within the briefing's energy security theme, since the strait is a route for global oil shipments.