Greg Myrie

Navy escort of oil tankers, and this is something the U.S.

did way back in the 1980s.

But the way Cooper described it, this is not just one Navy ship escorting one oil tanker at a time.

This approach is more comprehensive.

So this worked yesterday with two commercial ships.

It will have to be on a much larger scale and support a steady stream of traffic to be a real success.

Okay, I realize we're in the first stage still, but what are the chances of it being a success?

So there was a Pentagon news conference this morning and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Jan Cain, were both there talking to reporters and they gave a very upbeat answer.

Now, they said the shooting yesterday was below the threshold of resuming combat operations.

And they said, though, that the first day of this operation showed that the U.S., not Iran, controls the Strait, that the U.S.

blockade is holding while Iran's is not.

No new clashes have been reported today.

However, no additional commercial ships have gone through the Strait.

And one final note, Hegseth and Kane both described this as a temporary operation and said they hope that Iran does make a deal.

That's NPR's Greg Myrie.

Greg, thanks a lot.

Sure thing, eh?

The Pentagon says the move follows a thorough review of U.S.

forces in Europe.

Around 35,000 American troops are currently based in Germany, the largest U.S.