The US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli has arrived in the US Central Command area of responsibility. About this She says In a command message (CENTCOM).
A more specific location has not been revealed, but it was previously reported that the ship will arrive in the Middle East. US Central Command said the ship is the flagship of the Tripoli Amphibious Assault Force of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
The command said: “The group includes approximately 3,500 sailors, Marines, transport and attack aircraft, in addition to offensive and tactical assets.” Before that, the ship was stationed in Japan, Little BBC News.
The Wall Street Journal booksThe United States could use Marines to seize one or more islands off the southern coast of Iran to use as leverage to open the Strait of Hormuz.
American media reported that the Pentagon ordered the transfer of about two thousand soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army to the Middle East. The New York Times noted that the deployment of the 82nd Airborne Division would increase the total number of additional US ground forces in the region to nearly seven thousand. According to the Financial Times, the number of troops will reach 10,000 – the newspaper includes Marines from the 31st Expeditionary Unit, who are expected to arrive in the Middle East with the landing ship Tripoli, and troops in a landing group led by the USS Boxer, which is expected to arrive in the region within three to four weeks.