Anonymous ID: 52a902 Aug. 11, 2024, 1:59 p.m. No.21392676   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2793 >>2994 >>3105

USS Lincoln Crew Headed For Middle East Brace For Conflict

By Alastair Gale Bloomberg August 11, 2024

 

Aug 11, 2024 (Bloomberg) –As the USS Abraham Lincoln pulled out from Guam, the aircraft carrier’s captain announced to the crew over the intercom that fresh US strikes to destroy Houthi missiles and drones in the Middle East were a “reminder of the environment we are going to.”

 

The Lincoln is set to relieve the USS Theodore Roosevelt later this month after a planned transit through the South China Sea. It will be the fourth US carrier to be deployed to the region since Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel, a sign of America’s intention to defend its ally and deter major escalation.

 

Related Article: U.S. To Send More Warships, Fighter Jets To Middle East

 

As Israel braces for a possible attack from Iran and regional militias in retaliation for assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas officials, the US has sent defensive reinforcements while pressing for a Gaza cease-fire deal. This makes the environment far more challenging for the latest US carrier sent to the Middle East.

 

On board the Lincoln, sailors and airmen said they were prepared for what may be a long engagement. On the flight deck and in the cavernous hangar space, mechanics worked on F-18 and F-35 fighter jets that could play a central role to counter attacks against Israel and other targets such as commercial ships.

 

“It’s important to get the crew mentally prepared,” Captain Peter Riebe, the commanding officer of the Lincoln, said in an interview after his broadcast to the crew Thursday.

 

Critics have contended these deployments offer little in the way of deterrence and are fraught with risks. The US military has been targeted before in the region and the dispatch of American military assets could draw the US into a wider regional conflict.

 

“We’re exposing US troops to physical harm for no good reason, and the carrier deployment in particular is uniquely problematic,” said Van Jackson, a faculty member for international relations at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.

 

He said carriers wouldn’t deter adversaries who have already been attacked. “Our habitual use of force in the Middle East has gotten us nothing good,” said Jackson, who served in the office of the US Secretary of Defense.

 

The Houthis have used missiles and drones to assault ships passing through the Red Sea. The Iran-back group has said they’re targeting vessels connected to Israel, the US and UK, but ships with no such ties have been hit.

 

Sailing with the Lincoln are destroyers that can launch Tomahawk missiles and operate air defense systems to shoot down missiles and drones.

 

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https://gcaptain.com/uss-lincoln-crew-headed-for-middle-east-brace-for-conflict/

Anonymous ID: 52a902 Aug. 11, 2024, 2:02 p.m. No.21392687   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2793 >>2994 >>3078 >>3105

USS Wasp Docks In Cyprus, Could Assist Civilians If Mideast Tensions Flare

Reuters August 11, 2024

 

LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Aug 11 (Reuters) – A U.S. amphibious assault ship has docked in Cyprus as part of a pre-arranged visit, but could be used to support civilians if hostilities flare in the Middle East, the U.S. ambassador to Cyprus said.

 

EU member Cyprus has offered to assist, if needed, in the evacuation of Europeans and third-country nationals should tensions spill over in the Middle East amid a standoff between Israel, Iran and Iran-affiliated groups.

 

“The visit comes at a time when the United States continues all efforts along with key partners to de-escalate regional tensions and to be prepared to support civilians in crisis,” U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher said on X on Friday.

 

The USS Wasp is visiting ?? in support of long-planned ???? partnership activities. The visit comes at a time when ?? continues all efforts along with key partners to de-escalate regional tensions & to be prepared to support civilians in crisis. https://t.co/WvrZ85kYw6

— Julie Davis Fisher (@USAmbCy) August 9, 2024

 

The USS Wasp arrived in the southern port of Limassol on Aug 8.

 

The eastern Mediterranean island says it is not involved in military operations or any conflict.

 

“Humanitarian assistance is what we do,” said government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis.

 

https://gcaptain.com/uss-wasp-docks-in-cyprus-could-assist-civilians-if-mideast-tensions-flare/

Anonymous ID: 52a902 Aug. 11, 2024, 2:50 p.m. No.21392900   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>21392762

Angry Inch back on its crusade against "board personalities again?

So now it's back to mimicking failed shill tactics in desperation for (You)s to validate its existence

Give it nothing and eventually it'll sperg out, get deleted, and the other shills can go back to "muh censorship" and prove they are out of ammo as well

Anonymous ID: 52a902 Aug. 11, 2024, 3:10 p.m. No.21392987   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>21392957

Might I request the Saxons that have had enough stream video of the stasi bobbies getting mobbed, stripped, and attached to nearby utility poles with their own handcuffs?