US Military Boards Oil Tanker in Indian Ocean After Pursuing It From Caribbean

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on July 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesU.S. military forces boarded a crude oil tanker “without incident” overnight in the Indian Ocean after pursuing it from the Caribbean, the Pentagon said on Feb. 9, accusing the vessel of breaching a U.S.-enforced quarantine.The Department of War said in a post on X that “military forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding on the Aquila II” in the Indian Ocean after tracking it in response to the Trump administration’s “established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”