---
title: "Carrier Captain In Combat: Our Video Interview With Christopher “Chowdah” Hill"
date: "2024-09-10"
modified: "2024-09-10"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md"
url: "https://www.twz.com/sea/carrier-captain-in-combat-our-video-interview-with-christopher-chowdah-hill"
categories:
  - "Around The Globe"
  - "Carriers"
  - "Middle East"
  - "Navies"
  - "News & Features"
  - "Nimitz Class"
  - "Red Sea"
  - "Sea"
  - "U.S. Navy"
  - "USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)"
  - "Video"
  - "Yemen"
---

# Carrier Captain In Combat: Our Video Interview With Christopher “Chowdah” Hill

![Captain of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower tells us what really went on during the ship's Red Sea combat cruise.](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CHowdah-hill-IKE.jpg>)
*MCSN Trent P. Hawkins/Christopher Hill's Facebook*

In a follow-up to our expansive interview article with Navy Captain Christopher "Chowdah" Hill, the commanding officer of the USS *Dwight D. Eisenhower* (CVN-69), we compiled Hill's incredibly insightful remarks into a video for our YouTube channel. Check it out by clicking the video in the banner above and you can read the entire interview in its entirety by checking out our original feature article [here](<https://www.twz.com/news-features/carrier-captain-in-combat-what-went-on-during-7-months-under-fire-around-the-red-sea.md>).

Background:

*Navy Capt. Christopher “Chowdah” Hill commands the Nimitz class aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower which recently [returned from the Middle East](<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.twz.com/news-features/770-weapons-expended-by-eisenhower-carrier-strike-group-on-historic-red-sea-deployment&ved=2ahUKEwi1icH3ha-IAxVjRTABHbREAcEQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw324qUX4zaP7Ps7DVvUU8tq>). The historic, nine-month deployment saw the ship and its escorts under fire from an array of weapons old and new and ended up being one of the most dangerous and grueling the sea service has experienced since the Korean War. Now the combat-proven skipper opened up toTWZ like never before about what being under constant threat of attack was like and the rapidly changing tactical realities he and thousands of his sailors faced while plowing the waters of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.*

*Contact the author: Tyler@twz.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

### Author social links  
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