USS Tripoli pulled into White Beach Naval Facility, concluding a six-month deployment that included four months in support of the war against Iran.
President Donald Trump warned of more strikes on Iran as troops are redeployed around the Middle East including the departure of the USS Tripoli. NEWSMAX's National Security Correspondent Carla Babb reports.
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U.S. sailors and Marines aboard the USS Tripoli arrived in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility in the Middle East on Friday. CENTCOM said Saturday that the flagship delivered about 3,500 sailors and Marines from the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, along with “transport and strike fighter aircraft, as well as amphibious assault and tactical assets.” NewsNation’s Robert Sherman has more. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live." Weekends starting at 10a/9C Saturdays and 11a/10C Sundays. #NewsNationLive NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
The move comes after the Pentagon last week ordered the USS Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group and 31st MEU to transit to the Middle East.
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As assets are diverted to the Gulf, the Iran war’s high ‘burn rate’ risks creating a ‘thin spot’ in the US security umbrella The redeployment of US military assets from the Asia-Pacific to the Middle East has split security analysts, with some arguing that any strategic damage is largely “psychological” while others warn of a real and measurable gap opening in the region’s defences. More than 2,000 marines and at least one amphibious assault ship have begun moving from Japan towards the Gulf as the US-Israeli war on Iran grinds on. The assault ship USS Tripoli, docked at Sasebo in Nagasaki prefecture, is expected to reach the Middle East within one to two weeks. The redeployment comes as maritime traffic through the…Open
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The move would mark a major addition of troops to the region but does not necessarily indicate that a ground operation in Iran will take place.