{"id":83198,"date":"2024-06-17T14:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/06\/17\/despite-false-houthi-claims-the-ike-aircraft-carrier-fights-on\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:52:02","slug":"despite-false-houthi-claims-the-ike-aircraft-carrier-fights-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/06\/17\/despite-false-houthi-claims-the-ike-aircraft-carrier-fights-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite false Houthi claims, the Ike aircraft carrier fights on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA \u2014 The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower may be one of the oldest in the Navy, but it\u2019s still fighting \u2014 despite repeated false claims by <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/houthis\">Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and online accounts supporting them repeatedly have alleged they hit or even sank the carrier in the Red Sea as it leads the U.S. response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yemen-houthi-israel-hamas-red-sea-shipping-ab6fee82e73170b7e2edbab90ed6c14c\">rebels\u2019 ongoing attacks targeting both commercial vessels and warships<\/a> in the crucial waterway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s put its leader, Capt. Christopher \u201cChowdah\u201d Hill, and his social media profile directly in what has become an increasingly bizarre internet front line as the campaign goes on. And while he shrugs off his posts, they represent the new level of information warfare the Navy is having to fight as <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-navy-yemen-houthis-israel-war-7a9997f9d84ac669fae69ecf819913fb\">it faces its most intense combat since World War II<\/a> and tries to keep the morale of the nearly 5,000 personnel aboard the Eisenhower high and munitions ready as their deployment stretches on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s been about two or three times in the past six months we\u2019ve allegedly been sunk, which we have not been,\u201d Hill told The Associated Press during a recent visit to the carrier. \u201cIt is almost comical at this point. They\u2019re attempting to maybe inspire themselves through misinformation, but it doesn\u2019t work on us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visit by two AP journalists and others to the Eisenhower represents part of the effort the Navy has made to try to counter the Houthi claims. While on board for about a day and a half, journalists escorted by sailors crisscrossed the nuclear-powered ship\u2019s 1,092-foot length. AP journalists also repeatedly circled the Eisenhower from the air in a Seahawk helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/02\/12\/all-the-houthi-us-navy-incidents-in-the-middle-east-that-we-know-of\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8198875.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">All the Houthi-US Navy incidents in the Middle East (that we know of)<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A non-exhaustive, running list of Houthi attacks in the Middle East and the U.S. strikes back at them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other than rust on its side from the hot, humid Red Sea air and water apparently leaking from a pipe in a dining room, the ship appeared no worse for wear. Its flight deck bore no blast damage or gaping holes, just the stink of jet fuel, pooled puddles of oily water and the scream of engines before its F\/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets took flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other half of the information warfare effort has been Hill himself, a native of Quincy, Massachusetts, something noticeable immediately in his South Boston accent. While even the secretive leader of the Houthis, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, has name-dropped the carrier in speeches while making false claims about the vessel, Hill has offered ceaselessly positive messages online about his sailors on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Behind the scenes look at the Ike Warrior of the Day\u2026 we\u2019ve got a yeoman driving the ship, pictures being taken, and some learning going on. Leaders can always squeeze in some recognition time. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ThisIstheWay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThisIstheWay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cKmtn49Fz8\">pic.twitter.com\/cKmtn49Fz8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chowdah Hill (@ChowdahHill) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChowdahHill\/status\/1801603235326607498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Videos of flight operations from the bridge and images of sailors eating cookies in the captain\u2019s chair are constant staples. After one false Houthi claim, Hill responded by posting images of cinnamon rolls and muffins in the bakery on board the Eisenhower \u2014 a subtle jab at the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe whole intent of the social media outreach was to connect with families, to bring them closer to the ship,\u201d Hill said. \u201cSo if I can post pictures of sons and daughters, husbands and wives out here, or even fathers and mothers, get it out there, it just kind of brings the family closer to us. And again, that\u2019s our support network. But it also took on another role because everyone else was watching to see what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then there\u2019s the \u201cStar Wars\u201d memes and images of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muttswithamission.org\/demo\">Captain Demo<\/a>, the Labrador-golden retriever mix who roams the ship as a support animal for sailors. And as far as the Houthi forces watching his postings, Hill takes special pleasure in writing about \u201cTaco Tuesday\u201d on the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to celebrate \u2018Taco Tuesdays\u2019 because it\u2019s my absolute favorite day of the week. That will never end,\u201d the captain said. \u201cIf you call that an information warfare campaign, you can. It\u2019s just who I am, you know, at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But morale remains a deep concern for Hill and other leaders on board the ship. The Eisenhower and its allied ships have gotten just one short port call during the eight-month rotation so far to Greece. The carrier also has been the most-deployed carrier among the entire U.S. fleet over the last five years, according to an analysis by <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2024\/06\/06\/uss-dwight-d-eisenhower-busiest-u-s-carrier-over-last-5-years-deployment-data-shows\">the U.S. Naval Institute\u2019s news service.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One sailor, Lt. Joseph Hirl from Raleigh, North Carolina, wore a patch reading: \u201cGo Navy, Beat Houthis.\u201d While that\u2019s a play on the classic call for the annual Army-Navy football game, the naval flight officer stressed that he knew the combat was deadly serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty much the day-in, day-out stress of knowing that we are being shot at definitely gives a realism to the whole experience that this is not a normal deployment,\u201d Hirl said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"7842\" height=\"5228\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24166397680706.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24166397680706.jpg.jpg 7842w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24166397680706.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24166397680706.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24166397680706.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24166397680706.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24166397680706.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 7842px) 100vw, 7842px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A sailor transports ammunition to a fighter jet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo\/Bernat Armangue)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, munitions also remain a concern. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro told the U.S. Senate\u2019s Armed Services Committee in May the Navy had spent at least $1 billion in armaments to fight in the Red Sea. Every leader on board the Eisenhower that the AP spoke to acknowledged the Navy was trying to use the right weapon against the Houthis, whose asymmetrical warfare sees them use far cheaper munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy sailors, my ships are priceless \u2014 that\u2019s not a calculus I want a captain to have,\u201d said Capt. David Wroe, the commodore overseeing the guided missile destroyers escorting the Eisenhower. \u201cNow, using the appropriate effect weapon system on the appropriate threat to preserve magazine depth, to have more missiles, is certainly a germane tactical question.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Presenting a fine warrior from Lockhaven, PA who manages all pay for his squadron. If you don\u2019t think pay affects morale, you crazy! To his mom, he says, \u201cLove you and thanks for the embarrassment!\u201d His advice for future Sailors: \u201cGo to school and pay attention.\u201d \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udee1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/77qYgaXdAA\">pic.twitter.com\/77qYgaXdAA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chowdah Hill (@ChowdahHill) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChowdahHill\/status\/1801139193843749014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, the Eisenhower continues its patrol along with the cruiser Philippine Sea, and two destroyers, the Gravely and the Mason. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/navy-aircraft-carrier-houthis-red-sea-4529fe0d264fe749fb017d78c5cbdefd\">It\u2019s been extended twice already<\/a> and there\u2019s always the chance it could happen again. But Hill said his sailors remained ready to fight and he remained ready to continue to captain in his style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI came to a revelation at some point in my career that, one of the things that all humans require is to be loved and valued,\u201d Hill said. \u201cSo I shouldn\u2019t be afraid, as a leader, to try to love and value everybody, and also to expect other leaders that I\u2019m responsible for to love and value their sailors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Correction: An earlier version of misstated the author of this report. The report was written by Jon Gambrell of The Associated Press. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aircraft carrier Dwight D. 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