US Navy engages in its most intense combat since WWII against Houthi forces in the Red Sea.

The US Navy's counter-Houthi mission is described as its most intense combat since WWII, with a destroyer captain stating that the Red Sea fight exceeds the Tanker War of the 1980s. Months of battling Houthi missiles and drones in the high-tempo operating environment marks the most intense combat for the sea service in nearly eight decades. The USS Mason, a warship familiar with the Houthi threat, recently returned home after protecting key shipping lanes.