Trey Yingst reports live from FRONTLINE of conflict with Iran

>> John: A STORY OR SCENE FOR. THE VERY FIRST TIME HERE ON. "AMERICA REPORTS," FOX NEWS LIE. WITH U.S. SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN. ABOARD THE. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. SHE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. TREY YINGST ABOARD THE SUPER. CARRIER. >> JOHN, GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE ON THE. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE ARABIAN SEA. THE CREW IS PREPARING FOR.

NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS, A DAILY. OCCURRENCE HERE WITH MULTIPLE. EXCHANGES OF FIRE THIS WEEK. ALONE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES. AND IRAN. I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WAS. LIKE AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS. VESSEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE. OCEAN. TAKE A LOOK. THEY ARE ON OUR WAY TO THE. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. LAST WEEK IN THE AIRCRAFT. CARRIER CAME UNDER IRANIAN. MISSILE ATTACK. THREE ATTACKS ON U.S. WARSHIPS. IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE. IN RESPONSE TO THE ESCALATION IN. THE UNITED STATES RAMPED UP. STRIKES ON IRANIAN OIL TANKERS.

PROMPT OF THE IRG SEAT TO LAUNCH. MISSILES AT U.S. FORCES IN. JORDAN. THE BLOCKADE REMAINS IN EFFECT. ADMIRAL BRETT COOPER TOLD. FOX NEWSWS... HAVING THE UNITED STATES IS. DOMINATING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WE ARE HEADED TO THE FRONT LINE. IN THE WAR WITH IRAN AND THE. BATTLE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. SPEAK WITH FOCUS IS CERTAINLY ON. THE CONFLICT WITH IRAN, IT'S AN. IMPORTANT DAY FOR THE SAILORS. BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO MARKING.

AND REMEMBERING 9/11 ON BOARD. THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON HAS. UNIQUE HISTORY. IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST DAYS AFTER. THAT HORRIFIC TERRORIST ATTACK. AGAINST THE UNITED STATES CALLED. INTO ACTION OFF THE COAST OF. NEW YORK CITY TO PROVIDE ERROR. DEFENSE FOR THAT METROPOLIS. AREA. I DO WANT TO BRING IN COMBAT. SYSTEMS OFFICER COMMANDER WHO. WAS IN THE NAVY ON 9/11 AND HE'S. GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IT WAS. LIKE BEING IN THE U.S. MILITARY.

ON THAT TRAGIC, TRAGIC DAY. COMMANDER, I WANT TO THANK YOU. FOR SPEAKING WITH US TODAY. 25 YEARS LATER. WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU ABOUT. BEING IN THE NAVY ON THAT DAY? >> YES HER. I WAS ON BOARD THE. USS KITTY HAWK WATCHING THE. UNFENCED FULL. IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH THE. COUNTRY COME TOGETHER. I WANTED TO BE PART OF THE. RESOLVE, PART OF THE TEAM THAT. WAS GOING TO MAKE THOSE VENTS. NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. >> COMMANDER, THERE ARE SAILORS. ON BOARD THIS VESSEL THAT. WEREN'T EVEN BORN ON 9/11.

WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM ABOUT THAT. MOMENT IN HISTORY AND THE. RESPONSE OF THE UNITED STATES? >> IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE TIME TO. BE PART OF THE MILITARY. INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES. THE REASON THAT WE ARE HERE IS. TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS. AGAIN AND POWER THROUGH PEACE. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PART. OF THE RESOLVE AND WE ARE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE EVENTS THAT. MAKE THAT ALL CULMINATE. TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

JOHN, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DATED. ABOUT AN HOUR THESE DETAILERS. ARE GOING TO HAVE A. COMMEMORATION CEREMONY, A. REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY FOR THE. LIVES LOST DURING THAT TERRORIRT. ATTACK AGAINST THE. UNITED STATES. THERE IS ACTUALLY A TWISTED. PIECE OF METAL ON BOARD FROM THE. TWIN TOWERS, A REMINDER OF THAT. HORRIFIC DAY AND THE SERVICE. THAT THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. PROVIDED 25 YEARS AGO. AGAIN, HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE. ARABIAN SEA WHILE THEY ARE. MARKING THIS DAY, THEY ARE ALSO. LOOKING AT THE REALITY ON THE. GROUND AND IT IS ANOTHER WAR.

THAT THE UNITED STATES IS. ENGAGED IN AND THEY HAVE COME. UNDER ATTACK. THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO. ENSURE THE IRANIANS CANNOT. TARGET U.S. WARSHIPS IN THE. REGION BUT IT'S AN INCREDIBLY. TENSE TIME FOR THE SAILORS. MORE THAN 5000 ON BOARD THE. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. YOU SEE THE FLIGHT DECK BEHIND. ME. EARLIER TODAY THEY HAD TO. SCRAMBLE JETS BECAUSE THEY WERE. IDENTIFYING IN REAL-TIME THREAT. FROM IRAN AND GIVES YOU A SENSE. OF HOW ACTIVE IT CAN BE AT SEA. WITH THE U.S. NAVY. >> John: INDEED. IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A WHI.