on 21 March 2015, the cruiser Normandy recovered more than 1,000 pounds of illegal narcotics after an MH-60 Seahawk from its squadron HSM-46 detachment spotted a small craft dumping large packages into the water (pictured). The strike group transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea on 31 March 2015. Carrier Strike Group Twelve shifted its operational control to the U.S. Fifth Fleet after transiting the Suez Canal on 6 April 2015. Carrier Strike Group Twelve entered the Persian Gulf on 14 April 2015 and, on 16 April 2015, began combat operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led air campaign against ISIL in Iraq and Syria. Both the destroyers Forrest Sherman and Winston Churchill conducted Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) in the Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, with the Forrest Sherman rejoining the U.S. mine-hunting ships and on 20 April 2015 after escorting the U.S. nuclear submarine northbound through the Suez Canal. These warships were monitoring the deteriorating situation in war-torn Yemen. On 8 September 2015, Farragut rescued three mariners from their disabled fishing vessel in the Red Sea. On 19 April 2015 Theodore Roosevelt and Normandy transited the Strait of Hormuz to join the ten other U.S. naval units operating in the Gulf of Aden. Theodore Roosevelt and Normandy were moved to monitor an Iranian naval convoy escorted by two Iranian warships suspected of carrying arms to the Houthi rebel forces in Yemen. The Roosevelt was operating within of the Iranian convoy. The convoy later reversed course and returned home without incident. Theodore Roosevelt and Normandy returned to the Persian Gulf on 24 April 2015. On 28 April 2015, Iranian Revolutionary Guard patrol craft intercepted and seized the Marshall Islands container cargo ship while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz. It made a distress call. Since Maersk Tigris was a Marshalls' vessel, and the United States is responsible for the defense of the Marshalls, was dispatched. On 30 April 2015, U.S. warship began escorting U.S.-flagged merchant marine vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. On 7 May 2015, Maersk Tigris was released and the U.S. Navy ended its escort operations. On 12 May 2015, an F/A-18F Super Hornet from squadron VFA-211 crashed in the Persian Gulf shortly after being launched from the carrier Theodore Roosevelt. Both crew members were returned to Theodore Roosevelt after ejecting safely from the aircraft. On 9 October 2015, Carrier Strike