Trey Yingst shares look INSIDE US operations in the Middle East

♪. CHARLIE: RIGHT NOW THE USS. GEORGE GEORGE IS IN THE ARABIAN. SEA SUPPORTING OPERATIONS IN THE. ONGOING CONFLICT WITH IRAN. GRIFF: CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT TREY YINGST JOINS. US LIVE FROM ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT. CARRIER WITH MORE. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, GUYS. THIS IS THE AREA OF OPERATION.

FOR CENTCOM RIGHT NOW IN THE WAR. AGAINST IRAN, AND THERE HAS BEEN. QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY. LAST NIGHT WE SAW NIGHTTIME. OPERATIONS OF JETS TAKING OFF. FROM THE FLIGHT DECK BEHIND ME. MORE THAN THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS. LONG, AND THIS VESSEL CARRIES. MORE THAN 5,000 U.S. NAVY. SAILORS. NOW, I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT. IT WAS LIKE GETTING HERE TO THIS. AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE MIDDLE. OF THE OCEAN, AGAIN, THAT IS. PREPARING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF. ESCALATION AGAINST IRAN. TAKE A LOOK. A U.S. NAVY OSPREY SOARS THROUGH.

THE SKIES OVER THE GULF OF OMAN. HEADED TOWARD THE CENTCOM AREA. OF OPERATION. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO. THE TO USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. LAST WEEKEND THE AIRCRAFT. CARRIER CAME UNDER IRANIAN. MISSILE ATTACK, THREE ATTACKS IN. THE LAST WEEK ALONE. IN RESPONSE, THE UNITED STATES. RAMPED UP STRIKES ON IRANIAN OIL. TANKERS, THE IRGC LAWN OFFING --. LAUNCHING MISSIES SILLS AT FORCS.

IN JORDAN. [INAUDIBLE]. ADDING THAT THE UNITED STATES IS. DOMINATING THE STRAITS OF MORE. MISS. WE ARE HEADED TO THE FRONT. LINE -- HORMUZ. ONCE ONBOARD, THE CALM SEA IS A. STARK CONTRAST FROM THE FAST. MOVING FLIGHT DECK. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY JETS ARE. SCRAMBLED AFTER A THREAT FROM. IRAN IS IDENTIFIED. >> THEY'RE DOING A MULTITUDE OF. OPERATIONS AS ARE THE. CAPABILITIES OF ANY NAVAL AIR. WING. SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH EMPLOYING.

ALL OUR CAPABILITIES RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: WHILE THESE. SAILORS REMAIN ON ALERT WATCHING. THREATS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, FORCES ADVANCING ON. GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED TERRITORY. IN YEMEN SHOWING THE EXTENT OF. IRAN'S PROXY NETWORK. FOR THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIER, TODAY. IS NOT AN ORDINARY DAY. 9/11 WAS A DEFINING MOMENT IN. THE CALL OF DUTY. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON ARRIVED. OFF THE COAST OF NEW YORK CITY. IN THE DAYS AFTER THE TERRORIST.

ATTACK TO PROVIDE AIR DEFENSE. FOR THE BATTERED METROPOLIS. TODAY THE SAILORS ONBOARD, SOME. OF THEM NOT EVEN ALIVE YET, PAID. THEIR RESPECTS TO THE FALLEN. AND, GUYS, EARLIER TODAY WE. VISITED ONE OF THE GUIDED. MISSILE DESTROYERS JUST OFF THE. STARBOARD SIDE OF THIS VESSEL. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT. SMALLER SHIPS AROUND THE USS. GEORGE WASHINGTON TO BASICALLY. PROTECT IT. AND WE SAW THOSE OPERATIONS.

TODAY, THEY HAVE TOMAHAWK. MISSILES ONBOARD, AIR DEFENSE. SYSTEMS, AND THEY ARE GETTING. DIRECT COMMUNICATION FROM WHAT. THEY REFER TO AS THE MOTHER. SHIP. WE'LL HAVE THAT LATER. GRIFF: GREAT REPORTING. THANK YOU, TRE.