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Navy Captain With Arlington Ties Helms Warship Amid Mediterranean Sea Deployment The US Navy has deployed its second aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean, and aboard the ship is a commander with Virginia roots. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) was deployed on Oct. 14 and will be in the Eastern Mediterranean. The deployment is in an effort to "deter hostile actions against Israel or any efforts toward widening this war following Hamas’s attack on Israel," Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said. Capt. David Wroe serves as commander of the Destroyer Squadron 22, which is a squadron of warships within the Carrier Strike Group Two, …

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