Over 4,000 U.S. Sailors, Marines Set Sail For Mediterranean

RIA Novosti ^ | March 24, 2011

[Strategy]

The United States has started the deployment of more than 4,000 marines and sailors to the Mediterranean Sea to support the ongoing military operation in Libya, the U.S. Navy news service said.

[silverleaf]

no boots on the ground- they have all been issued flip flops

[reformedliberal]

Good one!

[AU72]

I thought we had none to spare.
What's getting short-changed?

[ozark hilljilly]

Nope, they’ll be testing the new hover-boot prototypes!
Shhhhhhh! It’s a secret!

[AGreatPer]

If they have to go in the French commander will order it.

This is NUTS.

[RC2]

They know that our most valuable natural resource is our kids and will continue sending them to war. We keep pumping them out and they keep killing them.......and for what? A bunch of sand bunnys.

[OldDeckHand]

"What's getting short-changed?"

In the extreme short-term, no one. There is always a contingency (for lack of a better term) MEU available for immediate deployment. But, it's what this deployment does down the road 3-9 months that becomes problematic. Unless these guys are back within (roughly) 60-days, you'll see some units get extended in the other theaters of operation.

Past 60-days, and you begin to see a strained Marine Corps strained even further.

[Sacajaweau]

Obie’s an SOB.

[knarf]

Be muslim, get to be president, ignore the Constitution, rape Lady Liberty and Lady Justice, embolden every enemy of the united States, rape our coffers, and rid the land of any semblance of an "official" armed force and .....

That recent meet with the Mexican president starts to take on a new meaning.

[baddog 219]

When will we learn that our dear leader is a freakin' liar. More than that, he is the one who will set the world on fire...VERY SOON! Send in our warroirs, spill their blood and we'll get stabbed in the back.

[hal ogen]

nobama, the great leader, hates you, hates your children, hates Free America, hates Americans and hates the Constitution. noibama is a hate crime foisted upon us.

[bushpilot1]

[donozark]

Wonder what the status of the 173rd Airborne Brigade is? Back from ‘Stan and based in Vicenza,Italy.

[driftdiver]

These guys and gals were probably in Afghanistan or Iraq a short time ago. This was their rotation back home for maintenance.

[EBH]

Uh....?

[NavyCanDo]

When did they do away with the Sixth Fleet having a Carrier Air group always in the Mediterranean? We use to rotate with the Forestall, the Kittyhawk and Kennedy, spending six months there at a time. And this rotation was going on for years before I joined the Navy. We were capable of handling any threat that popped up - like Libya, Lebanon, and this was still during the Cold War with the Soviets.

Now we have to move ships from other parts of the World to respond.

[Earthdweller]

God speed and healthy legs. Don't take any wooden daffy’s.

[screaminsunshine]

Do they get to wear Blue Helmets?

[ladyvet]

What could possibly go wrong with Berry in charge....