The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and its strike group dropped anchor in Guam on March 24 for a scheduled port visit before joining the escalating U.S. campaign to combat the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The United States is sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East, a rare and provocative move as the Trump administration intensifies its bombing campaign against Houthi fighters in Yemen.

The Trump administration is dispatching a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East as tensions over the Houthi’s attacks on vessels in the Red Sea intensify. Military officials are directing ...