Thousands Of US Troops Reach Red Sea After Iran Tensions
Handout photo dated June 9, 2020 shows the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), front, the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) and the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) are underway in formation through the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait. 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 Griffin Kersting via ABACAPRESS.COM
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- ILEA001593450
- Registered date
- 2020/6/09 00:00:00
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- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
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- 3392 × 2423 pixel
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- 1.79(MB)*
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