Thousands Of US Troops Reach Red Sea After Iran Tensions

Thousands Of US Troops Reach Red Sea After Iran Tensions

Handout photo dated April 15, 2014 shows aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Michael Gable, from Peachtree City, Ga., directs an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter off the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) during flight operations. More than 3,000 United States military personnel have arrived in the Red Sea aboard two warships, part of a beefed up response from Washington after tanker seizures by Iran, the US Navy said Monday. The US sailors and Marines entered the Red Sea on Sunday after transiting through the Suez Canal in a pre-announced deployment, the US Navy's Fifth Fleet said in a statement. They arrived on board the USS Bataan and USS Carter Hall warships, providing "greater flexibility and maritime capability" to the Fifth Fleet, the statement from the Bahrain-based command added. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mark Hays via ABACAPRESS.COM

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