{"id":148502,"date":"2023-10-13T14:15:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=148502"},"modified":"2023-10-13T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:15:23","slug":"navy-and-marine-exercise-scrapped-preparing-for-tasking-related-to-emerging-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148502","title":{"rendered":"Navy and Marine exercise scrapped, preparing for tasking related to emerging events"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Navy amphibious readiness group and a Marine expeditionary unit were due to begin an exercise in Kuwait from October 8 until October 22. However, that exercise does not appear to be happening. The Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the sailors of the USS Bataan Amphibious Readiness Group, were reported to be near Bahrain with orders to prepare for further tasking due to emerging events.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

White also told Marine Corps Times that the group was given orders to return to their ships “to prepare for further tasking as a result of emerging events.”<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said the crew is now near Bahrain, though she would not say where they were heading out of concerns for operational safety. White’s statements did not confirm if the “emerging events” were a reference to the attacks in Israel and Gaza, the publication noted.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea to “deter any actor seeking to escalate the situation or widen this war,” according to a Tuesday press release from U.S. Command Central.<\/p>\n

The strike group includes the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, eight squadrons of attack and support aircraft, Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy, and missile destroyers USS Thomas Hudner, USS Ramage, USS Carney, and USS Roosevelt.<\/p>\n

“The arrival of these highly capable forces to the region is a strong signal of deterrence should any actor hostile to Israel consider trying to take advantage of this situation,” Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, said.<\/p>\n

President Biden, while speaking to a group of Jewish leaders at the White House on Wednesday, issued a warning to Iran to “be careful.”<\/p>\n

“You know, I spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu I don’t know how many times, but again this morning, and already we’re surging additional military assistance to the Israeli Defense Force, including ammunition, interceptors to replenish the Iron Dome, and we’ve moved the U.S. carrier fleet to the Eastern Mediterranean, and we’re sending more fighter jets there to that region, and made it clear — made it clear to the Iranians: Be careful,” Biden said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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