Martial sage Carl von Clausewitz might be bewildered by high-tech aircraft, computers, and missiles. But he would instantly recognize the dynamics afflicting Gettysburg that fateful night.

At around 0300, on Sunday, 22 December, the Aegis cruiser USS Gettysburg ... led by Gettysburg – are charged to kill anything “not positively identified as friendly.” ...

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." At around 0300, on Sunday, 22 December, the Aegis cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) ...

The collision and firing come just months after the Truman was involved in a friendly fire incident that downed a Navy jet. On Dec. 22, the USS Gettysburg crew fired on an F/A-18 that had just ...

Notably, during combat operations in December 2024 one of Truman’s F/A-18F Super Hornets was downed by U.S. Navy cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) in a widely reported friendly fire incident.

US Navy Photo This post has been updated to correct the hull number of USS ... Gettysburg‘s crew accidentally shot down an F/A-18F assigned to the carrier. Few details about how the friendly ...

The collision comes just months after the Truman was involved in combat operations in the Red Sea against Houthi rebels and lost a fighter jet to friendly fire. On Dec. 22, the USS Gettysburg crew ...

That includes the two Growler crashes, the friendly fire incident in which USS Gettysburg (CG-64) shot down a F/A-18F Super Hornet and a December 2024 incident in which an MH-60S Knight Hawk ...