military forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding on the Aquila II without incident " Hegseth wrote in a post on X ... Hegseth said the Aquila II was operating in defiance of the U.S.
forces have intercepted and boarded the sanctioned crude oil tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean, bringing to a close a weeks-long pursuit that began in the Caribbean and spanned more than 10,000 nautical miles.