Keywords: ISIL Response 141006-N-EI510-542.jpg en The guided missile destroyer USS Truxtun DDG 103 transits the Persian Gulf Oct 6 2014 The Truxtun was deployed as part of the George H W Bush Carrier Strike Group to support maritime security operations strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed and theater security cooperation efforts in the U S 5th Fleet area of responsibility President Barack Obama authorized humanitarian aid deliveries to Iraq as well as targeted airstrikes to protect U S personnel from extremists known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant U S Central Command directed the operations U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Barnes/Released 2014-10-06 Seaman Scott Barnes https //www dvidshub net/image/1609096 141006-N-EI510-542 2014-10-09 22 04 USS TRUXTUN DDG 103 AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Truxtun DDG-103 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |