{"id":1979370,"date":"2023-07-21T10:55:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sending-more-navy-ships-and-marines-to-middle-east-over-iranian-threats\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T10:56:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:56:48","slug":"us-sending-more-navy-ships-and-marines-to-middle-east-over-iranian-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sending-more-navy-ships-and-marines-to-middle-east-over-iranian-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"US deploys additional Navy ships and Marines to Middle East amidst Iranian threats."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-sending-more-navy-ships-and-marines-to-middle-east-over-iranian-threats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The U.S. Military Responds to Iranian Threats in the\u2062 Middle East<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. military is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-expert-confirms-voting-machines-connected-to-internet-during-ga-senate-subcommittee-on-elections\/\" title=\"Tech expert confirms voting machines connected to internet during Ga. senate subcommittee on elections\">taking action<\/a> in response to\u2062 recent Iranian attempts to seize commercial vessels in the Middle East. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved the deployment of additional warships and thousands of Marines to the Gulf region, strengthening \u200dthe forces already \u200din place.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;U.S. \u2063Central Command is committed to \u2063defending freedom of \u2064navigation within our area of responsibility which includes \u2064some of \u200dthe most important waterways in the world,&#8221; said Gen. Michael &#8220;Erik&#8221; Kurilla, the command&#8217;s leader.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sending-more-navy-ships-and-marines-to-middle-east-over-iranian-threats\/\" title=\"US deploys additional Navy ships and Marines to Middle East amidst Iranian threats.\">additional forces \u200bprovide unique capabilities<\/a>, which alongside our partner nations in the region,\u2064 further safeguard the free flow of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/21-states-file-lawsuit-against-biden-to-overturn-controversial-canceling-of-keystone-xl-pipeline\/\" title=\"21 States File Lawsuit Against Biden To Overturn Controversial Canceling Of Keystone XL Pipeline\">international commerce<\/a>\u200c and uphold the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-mocks-and-attacks-the-united-states-on-u-s-soil-biden-admin-struggles-to-respond\/\" title=\"China Mocks And Attacks The United States On U.S. Soil; Biden Admin Struggles To Respond\">rules-based international order<\/a>, \u2064and deter Iranian destabilizing activities\u2062 in the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Deployment Details<\/h3>\n<p>The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, consisting of the \u2064Bataan amphibious assault\u200c ship, the Mesa Verde amphibious transport dock ship, and the Carter Hall dock landing \u200bship, will be heading to \u200dthe Middle East. They will be accompanied \u200cby\u200c the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, \u2063totaling approximately 2,500 troops.<\/p>\n<p>In addition \u200bto this deployment, Defense Secretary Austin has also ordered the USS Thomas Hudner, F-35 fighters, and F-16s to be deployed, further strengthening the U.S. presence in the region.<\/p>\n<h3>Recent Iranian Aggression<\/h3>\n<p>Iranian naval forces have \u200drecently made multiple attempts to seize commercial vessels in the region. On July\u2064 5, an Iranian vessel approached the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker TRF Moss, but retreated when the U.S. Navy arrived. Later that day, another Iranian vessel harassed the\u2064 Bahamian-flagged oil tanker Richmond Voyager and opened fire at it.<\/p>\n<p>Over the \u2062past two years, Iran has been responsible for attacking, seizing, or attempting to seize nearly 20 internationally flagged merchant \u2062vessels in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The deployment of \u2063additional warships and \u2063Marines demonstrates the U.S. military&#8217;s commitment to defending\u2064 freedom of navigation and deterring Iranian aggression in the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to recent Iranian attempts to seize commercial vessels, the US military is deploying more warships and thousands of Marines to the Middle East. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has authorized the deployment of an amphibious ready group and a Marine expeditionary unit to the Gulf region, following similar actions taken in recent weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1979371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}