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US Prepare To Evacuate Americans From Lebanon

Handout file photo dated June 19, 2024 shows Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) transit the flight deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) during the exercise Baltic Operations 24 (BALTOPS 24) in the baltic Sea. In response to escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, the Pentagon has strategically repositioned US military assets in the Mediterranean on Friday, preparing for potential evacuations of American citizens. The USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, along with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has joined other US naval forces in the region, preparing for potential evacuations of American citizens and other missions. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Turner via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Expanded US-Led Naval Task Force To Protect Red Sea Shipping

Handout photo dated February 26, 2010 shows the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) transits the Suez Canal. The Pentagon has convinced more than a half dozen allies to join a strengthened naval task force in the Red Sea amid mounting attacks by Iran-backed rebels on commercial shipping that have driven oil prices higher. More than 9mn barrels a day of oil shipments, or almost a tenth of global demand, pass through the Red Sea, making it one of the world’s busiest energy chokepoints. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Military Osprey With 8 Crew Crashes Off Japan

Handout photo dated April 23, 2013 shows landing signalman enlisted direct an MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 onto the flight deck aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Anchorage (LPD 23). A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, the coastguard said, in the latest accident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft. The Osprey, developed by Bell Helicopters and Boeing and which can operate like a helicopter or a fixed-wing plane, has suffered a string of fatal crashes over the years. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Quiles via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Thousands Of US Troops Reach Red Sea After Iran Tensions

Handout photo dated July 30, 2019 shows the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) and the Harpers Ferry-class Amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) participate in a simulated straight transit during a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT)exercise with other U.S. Navy warships in the Atlantic Ocean. 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

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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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Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 23, 2023 shows Lance Cpl. Alejandro Pelayotafolla, from Ephrata, Washington, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), loads a high-explosive rocket onto an AH-1Z Cobra helicopter from Marine Medium Titltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) in preparation of a combined joint live-fire exercise during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Large wargames between the USA, Australia and eleven partner nations kicked off on July 21, the largest ever in the history of Exercise Talisman Sabre. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Cavenaile via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 23, 2023 shows A Japan Self-Defense Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during flight operations in preparation for Talisman Sabre 23 in the Coral Sea. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 29, 2023 shows The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) sails in formation with the Royal Australian Navy Canberra-class landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183), Republic of Korea Navy amphibious assault ship Marado (LPH 6112), amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), amphibious assault ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), Royal Australian Navy landing ship HMAS Choules (L100), Republic of Korea Navy destroyer Munmu The Great (DDH 976), guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), dry cargo ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE-9), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force tank landing ship, JS Shimokita (LST 4002), Royal Australian Navy replenishment oiler HMAS Stalwart and fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) during a formation exercise, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre. Large wargames between the USA, Australia and eleven partner nations kicked off on Jul

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Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 29, 2023 shows The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) sails in formation with the Royal Australian Navy Canberra-class landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183), Republic of Korea Navy amphibious assault ship Marado (LPH 6112), amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), amphibious assault ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), Royal Australian Navy landing ship HMAS Choules (L100), Republic of Korea Navy destroyer Munmu The Great (DDH 976), guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), dry cargo ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE-9), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force tank landing ship, JS Shimokita (LST 4002), Royal Australian Navy replenishment oiler HMAS Stalwart and fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) during a formation exercise, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre. Large wargames between the USA, Australia and eleven partner nations kicked off on Jul

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Japan LPD lawmaker Ishiba

Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, delivers a speech at a Tokyo hotel on April 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo