USS Tripoli enters West Asia combat theatre with 3,500 personnel; third US Navy nuclear aircraft carrier sails to region

Washington DC [US], March 29 (ANI): The United States Ship (USS) Tripoli, along with around 3,500 US Marines, has entered the US Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, bringing one of America's largest amphibious assault ships (AAS) into an active combat theatre in West Asia amid the ongoing conflict. The deployment moved from its home base in Japan.