{"id":83151,"date":"2024-10-19T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/19\/how-one-warship-thwarting-a-houthi-attack-a-year-ago-changed-the-navy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:53:11","slug":"how-one-warship-thwarting-a-houthi-attack-a-year-ago-changed-the-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/10\/19\/how-one-warship-thwarting-a-houthi-attack-a-year-ago-changed-the-navy\/","title":{"rendered":"How one warship thwarting a Houthi attack a year ago changed the Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The men and women aboard the Navy destroyer Carney could be forgiven for thinking they were headed toward a quiet cruise on Oct. 7, 2023, as the warship steamed east across the Atlantic Ocean to begin its latest deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that day heralded the start of a great upending for the U.S. Navy, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/israel-palestine\/2024\/10\/17\/israel-confirms-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-was-killed-in-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hamas<\/a> militants streamed into Israel and murdered more than 1,200 people, sparking a war that continues to threaten to engulf the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/israel-palestine\/2024\/10\/08\/with-us-military-support-israel-shifts-middle-east-power-balance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Middle East<\/a> to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/02\/12\/all-the-houthi-us-navy-incidents-in-the-middle-east-that-we-know-of\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8198875.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">All the Houthi-US Navy incidents in the Middle East (that we know of)<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A non-exhaustive, running list of Houthi attacks in the Middle East and the U.S. strikes back at them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moment that would change the Navy forever actually took place aboard the Carney 12 days later, on Oct. 19, when it became the first American warship to take out a barrage of Iran-backed Houthi rebel missiles and drones fired from Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such intercepts have since become a harrowing, near-daily occurrence for destroyers in those waters, and the year that followed Oct. 19, 2023, has irrevocably changed the Navy for the foreseeable future, Navy leaders and outside analysts say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this day one year ago, starting around 4 p.m. local time, Carney took out a Houthi attack the Pentagon later said was headed for Israel, downing 15 drones and four land-attack cruise missiles over 10 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While their pre-deployment training prepared them for anything, the Carney was not expecting to find itself taking on the Houthis in a near-daily battle to keep the claustrophobic Red Sea lanes open for commerce, Cmdr. Jeremy Robertson, the ship\u2019s commanding officer for that cruise, told Navy Times this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNone of us really could have known what we were going to get into once Oct. 7 happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6399\" height=\"4266\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8082819.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8082819.jpg.jpg 6399w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8082819.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8082819.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8082819.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8082819.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8082819.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6399px) 100vw, 6399px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sailors assigned to the Navy destroyer Carney stand watch in the ship\u2019s Combat Information Center as it took out a barrage of Houthi drones and missiles on Oct. 19, 2023, in the Red Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since those fateful 10 hours a year ago, the Red Sea has become the arena for the longest sustained \u201cdirect and deliberate attacks at sea\u201d that the fleet has faced since World War II, Fleet Forces Command head Adm. Daryl Caudle said in a statement to Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile I could not have predicted the complexity and interrelationships of all that has transpired since [Oct. 19, 2023], I am not surprised,\u201d said Caudle, who commands the Navy East Coast-based fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/05\/21\/inside-the-uss-carneys-harrowing-and-unprecedented-deployment\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8415727.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Inside the USS Carney\u2019s harrowing and unprecedented deployment<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The warship Carney returned home Sunday from a long and historic deployment fending off Houthi rebel attacks in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe world is a very tense place right now given the vast range of power-seeking agendas between peer competitors and opportunistic regional proxies. Any small spark can have serious consequences, which is why we take every situation so seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Carney\u2019s first victory, the surface fleet has subsequently honed its tactics and tuned its radars for such a fight, instances when a ship\u2019s Combat Information Center sometimes has mere seconds to ascertain and take out a Houthi attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combat lessons are being routed back to schoolhouses and training centers, giving the Navy real-time knowledge on its combat systems and how to best use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skippers also report that their crews have been galvanized by such experiences, finding meaning to their seemingly endless training in the life-and-death minutes they endure in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis really gave our sailors the why,\u201d Robertson said. \u201cWhy do we train so hard, why do we do all the reps and sets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe stage was not too big, the lights were not too bright. They were able to draw a connection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These successes at sea \u201cvalidate our readiness to respond, our Sailors\u2019 warfighting spirit and the technological superiority of our exquisite combat systems,\u201d Caudle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5329\" height=\"3553\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8097949.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8097949.jpg.jpg 5329w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8097949.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8097949.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8097949.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8097949.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8097949.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5329px) 100vw, 5329px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Navy destroyer Carney spent an extended deployment fighting off Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. (U.S. Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But despite the tactical successes and demonstrated proficiencies, some question how fast the Navy is burning through munitions, sometimes to take out cheap Houthi drones, and whether a drawdown of missiles could one day impact a long-feared war with China in the West Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Houthi menace in the Middle East has also caused the Navy\u2019s aircraft carriers to be run hard, and some have been scrambled to the region when others weren\u2019t ready to go, further raising readiness alarms in some corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while tactical battles have been won, strategic wars have not, according to James Holmes, a retired Navy gunnery officer and professor of maritime strategy at the Naval War College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe tacticians have done their work magnificently \u2026 and the combination of sensors, fire control and weaponry has performed as advertised against an array of threats similar to what [Iran, Russia and China] field,\u201d Holmes told Navy Times. \u201cBringing down anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles is no easy feat, but they have done it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/01\/18\/what-the-navy-is-learning-from-its-fight-in-the-red-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8198875.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What the Navy is learning from its fight in the Red Sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The surface fleet has shot down scores of attack drones and missiles since October, activity without modern precedent in U.S. Navy history.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while such successes will reverberate on other maritime battlefields, the Navy to date has been unable to stop the Houthis from attacking merchant vessels traveling through the vital economic waterway that is the Red Sea, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe failure part is that the mission has fallen short of its strategic goal, namely allowing merchant shipping through the Gulf of Aden, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and Red Sea to resume unmolested,\u201d Holmes said. \u201cWe can flip strategic failure to success when shipping firms \u2014 and the all-important maritime insurance companies \u2014 feel comfortable enough to start using that route again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year in, the Navy is getting more judicious about how it fights Houthi attacks, according to Bryan Clark, a retired submarine officer and analyst at the Hudson Institute think tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy ships threw the \u201ckitchen sink\u201d at incoming drones and missiles after the Carney\u2019s first intercept a year ago, but the fleet is becoming more adept at using electronic warfare, guns and less-expensive interceptors to counter such Houthi attacks, Clark said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questions of sustainability of effort are now arising, he said, noting that the Navy has in some instances used carrier-based fighter jets to shoot down Houthi drones and missiles, an expensive and inefficient approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe challenge going forward will be how to sustain this level of presence in the region,\u201d Clark said. \u201cThe Pentagon may need to consider putting missile defense systems on barges or ashore so [destroyers] can deploy elsewhere or return home for maintenance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robertson left the Carney after it returned to Mayport, Florida, in May, and is now the Navy\u2019s Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training, or SWATT, director, passing on his hard-earned knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4528\" height=\"3016\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8415727.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8415727.jpg.jpg 4528w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8415727.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8415727.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8415727.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8415727.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1023 1536w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8415727.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1364 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4528px) 100vw, 4528px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sailors of the destroyer Carney man the rails as the ship pulled back into Naval Station Mayport, Florida, in May. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Khor\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s certainly surreal,\u201d he said of his time commanding Carney. \u201cI love every one of the sailors and officers and chiefs I worked with. Just a great crew. They\u2019ll remember this for the rest of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the one-year anniversary of Oct. 19 comes and goes with no end in sight for the Navy\u2019s Red Sea fight against the Houthis, Caudle noted that it\u2019s difficult to forecast how the conflict will end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile I won\u2019t speculate on how our involvement with the Houthis will culminate, I can tell you that I\u2019m laser-focused on readiness, sustainment and lethality,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re ready for this fight, no matter how long it lasts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy&#8217;s fierce and ongoing battle to stop Iran-backed Houthi attacks in the Red Sea began with the USS Carney a year ago, on Oct. 19, 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