4000 Marines Headed To Middle East As Part Of Peleliu Amphibious Group Dispatch






Zero Hedge
September 17, 2012

Up until now, the LHD 7 Iwo Jima Big-Deck Amphibious Warfare ship was all alone in the Arabian Sea, patiently awaiting orders to liberate this or that middle east country of their oil reserves. This is no longer the case: launching today in general direction – Middle East – for a brand new 7 month engagement, is the LHA 1 Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, consisting of the amphibious assault ship, the USS Peleliu which consists of 4000 marines.

LHA 1 also comprises of the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay and the dock landing ship USS Rushmore. Also deploying Monday is the Marine Corps’ 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and elements of Fleet Surgical Team 1, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23, Assault Craft Units 1 and 5, and Beach Master Unit 1. And as we reported previously, the middle east veteran – the CVN 74 Stennis aircraft carrier – was providently already on its way. In other words, in about 2 weeks, the Middle east will be the focal point of 3 aircraft carriers, 2 amphibious assault forces, and who knows how many “developed” world armadas, all hell bent on securing that one extra bit of Middle East oil, under the guise of spreading democracy and liberating the local people who “hate America’s for its freedom.”

This is how US naval assets stand as of last week via Stratfor:

Some more on the latest Marine reinforcements:

Also deploying Monday is the Marine Corps’ 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and elements of Fleet Surgical Team 1, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23, Assault Craft Units 1 and 5, and Beach Master Unit 1.

Their departure comes against the background of ongoing tensions with Iran over its nuclear program and amid anti-American unrest throughout the Muslim world triggered by an anti-Muslim film trailer posted on the Internet.

U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans working for the State Department — including two local former Navy SEALS, Encinitas resident Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods of Imperial Beach — were killed by an armed force in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Sept. 11 amid demonstrations over the film.

The sailors and Marines in the Peleliu Ready Group recently completed nine months of training scheduled long before the current anti-American unrest flared. Rescue training is a common part of pre-deployment training for Marine expeditionary units.

The final pre-deployment training was on the evacuation of noncombatants from hot-spots, according to U.S military authorities. The exercise included role-players on San Nicholas Island and Victorville in San Bernardino County who were “rescued” by Marines and taken by helicopter to Camp Pendleton, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The 15th MEU was on a deployment similar to the one starting Monday when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks occurred. Summoned back to their ships from a port-call in Australia, the Marines were among the first U.S. combat forces into Afghanistan just weeks later, The Times reported.

Bullish Brent calendar spreads may be cheap to quite cheap once all this firepower finally arrives at its soon to be liberated, pre-election destination.


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18 Responses to “4000 Marines Headed To Middle East As Part Of Peleliu Amphibious Group Dispatch”

  1. Have fun killing people.

    Yeah!!!!!

    Philippe Reply:
    September 17th, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    And get fired at when the beehive strikes back.

    Evildick11 Reply:
    September 17th, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    I would like to see the dollar totally collapse while we are attacking Iran. The results of this action will be our US forces will get slaughtered due to not resupply. The military would be forced to invade the nearest country and loot them to survive. I would love to see us get wiped out over their due to a currency crisis.

    Dandroid Reply:
    September 17th, 2012 at 6:48 pm

    I kinda agree except that innocents (as usual) will be slaughtered for nothing. I am ready for something to give, but thats the American in me….the right now attitude. I am working on that.

  2. Here we go, the next World War. We may be going to Hell In A Bucket, but at least i’m enjoying the ride, at least I’m enjoying the ride.

  3. The United Nations just sent their newly acquired Marines into action, action that will continue until every last Marine is dead. That is the whole plan, and once the (former U.S.) military are gone, then the U.N. peacekeeping forces step in.

  4. Odd UZSR has nothing anywhere even close to Syria.

    BTW, the Tory-Likudnik-Republicrat’s al CIAduh Zionazis’ next and final Armageddon-preparatory attack is to be upon the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan.

    agentbluescreen Reply:
    September 17th, 2012 at 2:36 pm

    A fall of freed and secular Baathist Syria to Tory-Saudi al CIAduh is the greatest most clear and present danger to world peace and security.

  5. Does anyone here think that the axis of evil is evil enough to sacrifice
    an air craft carrier ( like a cruise missle with a nuke ? ) ?
    to give them an excuse to invade Iran ?

    … or stupid enough ?

    Philippe Reply:
    September 17th, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    I certainly think they are. The Enterprise is at the end of her career and it would be easy for them to sink her and use it as a rallying call for all out invasion. If they’ll murder children for testing or genocidal experiments, an old carrier that will cost them money to decommission wouldn’t be a bad thing to them. Look at the World Trade Center Twin Towers and their asbestos removal costing over a billion dollars – they pulled them as a rallying call. I’m certain the survivors of the U.S.S. Liberty would not trust them to not use her as a sacrificial pawn either.

  6. Yes they are. They will do anything to get their OWG in place. So what if a whole lot of people have to die to do it. Doesn’t matter to them, as long as it isn’t them or anyone they know. As for the rest of us, do you really think they care? Come on.

    Dandroid Reply:
    September 17th, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    They want millions dead anyway, why not?

  7. Goodbye and farewell to the great Marines of the once great USA. Goodbye because your gov’t wants to start World War III and kill everyone that they can and you good soldiers are the first to go to any fight. I’m broken hearted at the propect of losing so many of you. If the UN could back off and just let the world live as they have always lived – we wouldn’t be here at the brink of destruction. And….we don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction…Prepare the best way you can and watch the world turn into a fiery inferno because a bunch of g-damned evil SOBs want Eutopia – Washington – Go F – Yourself – You are all evil to the core, you are the ones who should be at the front lines – not our Marines. All Marines should quit and walk away from this travesty. You are only playthings to the UN.

  8. You know what the problem is Muslims get pissed off and they amass in Hord’s we get pissed off and you can hear the crickets on the streets. Passive Compliance.

  9. With all I know there is no way I would go over there. I was in for 4 years and questioned everything that I saw and went on. I pissed off a lot of very high ranking people with my “meddling”. I even pissed off a general. My very first job was to work out of AREA 51. I questioned out need for the secrecy of the many project going on up there telling many high level people that these programs are not necessary and do not serve the people or the government. I pointed out all this money seems to be going to make a few people rich for very little results. I could see the anger in many of the high ranking people when ever I said something. I was ostracized for stating the obvious while everybody else just went along. No wonder we are in trouble now.

    Evildick11 Reply:
    September 17th, 2012 at 4:57 pm

    This was in the late 80′s by the way.

  10. I can not believe all these US troops with what they know from sites like this are willing to fullfill their contract of military service. I questioned everything and I was always right when I was in the military. Thinking independently with reality and adding up the facts does not count now a days. I know will will end up in a shoot out at some point as in civil war.

  11. And John ‘the mad bomber’ McCain , Lindsey Graham Billary Clinton , Sean Hannity aw Hell you know all of them without mention , anyway they are all praising the angel of Death and Destruction and falling to worship the one on the Pale Horse.These are cheerleaders and knoblickers for the international Zionist Banksters.This makes that crowd so very happy to see bloodshed and it makes no matter which side is bleeding.

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