US Military Boards 3rd Sanctioned Oil Tanker on the Indian Ocean, Pentagon Announces

Officials said the tanker was tracked from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean.

The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2022. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

U.S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker on the Indian Ocean after it was tracked from the Caribbean Sea, officials announced Tuesday.

The Pentagon stated that U.S. military forces boarded the Bertha vessel overnight without incident, according to a post on X. Video footage included in the post shows military helicopters flying around the vessel.