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Cmdr. Jeremy Roberston of the USS Carney took time out of his very busy schedule patrolling the Red Sea to give a shout out to the Navy Midshipmen ahead of the 124th Army-Navy Game on Saturday in Foxborough, Mass.

CBS aired it during the broadcast.

As part of the video greeting, Robertson had another message: The Carney is 22-0 against enemy drones and missiles during its mission in the Middle East.

The video included footage not seen before of the Carney firing its missiles and completing nighttime intercepts.

See the video here:

A week ago, the Carney responded to distress calls from three commercial ships as part of an hourslong assault claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Carney shot down three drones in self-defense during the assault, the U.S. military said. It marked an escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

The destroyer USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and aerial drones in the Red Sea on Oct. 19, 2023. A network of people and businesses that the U.S. says provides support to the Houthis in Yemen was hit with sanctions Thursday.

The destroyer USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and aerial drones in the Red Sea on Oct. 19, 2023. A network of people and businesses that the U.S. says provides support to the Houthis in Yemen was hit with sanctions Thursday. (Aaron Lau/U.S. Navy)

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Joe Fleming is a digital editor and occasional reporter for Stars and Stripes. From cops and courts in Tennessee and Arkansas, to the Olympics in Beijing, Vancouver, London, Sochi, Rio and Pyeongchang, he has worked as a journalist for three decades. 

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