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At the direction of the president, U.S. forces conducted a cruise missile strike against a Syrian Air Force airfield April 6, at about 8:40 p.m. EDT (4:40 a.m., April 7, in Syria). The strike targeted Shayrat Airfield in Homs governorate, and were in response to the Syrian government's chemical weapons attack April 4 in Khan Sheikhoun, which killed and injured hundreds of innocent Syrian people, including women and children. The strike was conducted using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles launched from the destroyers #USSPorter and #USSRoss in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. A total of 59 TLAMs targeted aircraft, hardened aircraft shelters, petroleum and logistical storage, ammunition supply bunkers, air defense systems, and radars. #DDG71 #DDG78 #LifeOnTheWater #Military #NavyLife #OnCallScalableOptions #USNavy @deptofdefense

GULF OF OMAN (Nov. 23, 2010) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) and the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) cruise in a formation. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group are deployed in the US 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts to establish conditions for regional stability. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Colby K. Neal/Released) [Image courtesy of the US Navy Pacific Fleet Naval Surface Warriors Flickr Stream.]