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Apr- 2020 -23 April
Iran’s IRGC head vows ‘decisive response’ to any US hostility in Gulf
The counter-threat came a day after President Donald Trump said he ordered the Navy to "shoot down" any hostile Iranian boat in the Gulf
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17 April
Half of French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle crew test positive for COVID-19
Nearly half of the 2,300 sailors aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred tested positive
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16 April
Nearly 700 sailors from French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle test positive for coronavirus
A third of the nearly 2,000 sailors who were aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred tested positive
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13 April
USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor dies from COVID-19 complications
A sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the US Navy aircraft carrier taken out of rotation due to a coronavirus outbreak onboard, has died
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8 April
French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to return to Toulon early over COVID-19 fears
France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will be brought home early from a deployment in the Atlantic after some crew members showed coronavirus symptoms
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2 April
US Navy evacuates aircraft carrier Roosevelt after COVID-19 plea
The US Navy is evacuating thousands of sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt after its captain warned a coronavirus outbreak was threatening the lives of the crew
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Mar- 2020 -31 March
Coronavirus: US Navy to evacuate Pacific aircraft carrier for disinfection
The US Navy will evacuate most of the USS Theodore Roosevelt's crew to disinfect the aircraft carrier due to a Coronavirus outbreak onboard
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17 March
AFRICOM cancels North Africa multinational training exercise Phoenix Express over COVID-19 concerns
US Africa Command cancelled the Phoenix Express joint naval security exercise as a precaution to limit the spread of COVID-19
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Feb- 2020 -27 February
France declares Strait of Hormuz military mission fully operational
France declared the military component to its EMASOH maritime patrol mission in the strategic Strait of Hormuz fully operational
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17 February
EU agrees naval mission to enforce Libya arms embargo
European Union foreign ministers on agreed to a naval operation to enforce an arms embargo on war-torn Libya, replacing Operation Sophia
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