US No Superpower in the Med Today
US a superpower? Not today in the Med. Only one US destroyer in the ocean and no carriers or Marine Expeditionary Units. Nothing to rescue US citizens trapped in the North African troubles or shape the battlefield.
Post comment 170 by Subotai on BC.
...forces we had available in the Med; not for taking and holding ground, but for a NEO [Noncombatant Evacuation Operation]. We have 35 Embassy staff, about 500 US citizens, and several thousand US-Libyan dual citizens in Libya and they were told to beat feet out of there. After Buraq Hussein’s speech [Translation: 1) I have convened a committee working to give me options which I'll choose later, 2) Hillary is going to Geneva to meet with the Human Rights Commission. Not taking any questions.] and hearing that the ports have been closed, the airports are closed, and the civilian ferry the Department of State hired to evacuate our nationals is way behind schedule supposedly due to weather but also the whole thing was delayed because State did not want to pay for it; I wanted to see what our options are for either a NEO or a forced entry equivalent.
If what I found is true, our entire current force in the Mediterranean consists of one (1) destroyer. I knew that we sent a carrier [ENTERPRISE] through Suez a week or so ago, but we usually are rotating ships around and have at least one CVBG either in the Med or close enough to get there in a hurry. Both of our CVBG’s in the area are in the Arabian Sea now.
We do not have a single MEU in the area, the KEARSARGE group being near Bahrain. Let alone an MEF. The nearest MEU is the 22nd which is working up for deployment near Camp Lejeune. I do not know where it is in the working up cycle, but they are 15 days steaming from the Gulf of Sidra if they leave today. The TRUMAN CVN-75 is just back in Norfolk after squadron quals, but transferred her munitions to CVN-76 GEORGE H.W. BUSH which is just starting work up for her first deployment.
We do not have any options at all to project naval or marine power in the Med right now; be it NEO or dealing with the Iranian targets in the Med. None. The entire southern rim of the Med has been in an uproar for several weeks. It is not like a crisis here is a surprise. Our Navy is used to being on standby for such, and usually would have a force within a reasonable steaming distance leaning forward in case they were needed.
Someone had to order deployments to leave us in this situation. I do not think it was anyone in a Navy uniform. I am blaming the National Command Authority. Any bloodshed or hostages are on his head.
Yeah. The Iranians have as much seapower in the Med today as the US. Obama administration are assclowns.
Post comment 170 by Subotai on BC.
...forces we had available in the Med; not for taking and holding ground, but for a NEO [Noncombatant Evacuation Operation]. We have 35 Embassy staff, about 500 US citizens, and several thousand US-Libyan dual citizens in Libya and they were told to beat feet out of there. After Buraq Hussein’s speech [Translation: 1) I have convened a committee working to give me options which I'll choose later, 2) Hillary is going to Geneva to meet with the Human Rights Commission. Not taking any questions.] and hearing that the ports have been closed, the airports are closed, and the civilian ferry the Department of State hired to evacuate our nationals is way behind schedule supposedly due to weather but also the whole thing was delayed because State did not want to pay for it; I wanted to see what our options are for either a NEO or a forced entry equivalent.
If what I found is true, our entire current force in the Mediterranean consists of one (1) destroyer. I knew that we sent a carrier [ENTERPRISE] through Suez a week or so ago, but we usually are rotating ships around and have at least one CVBG either in the Med or close enough to get there in a hurry. Both of our CVBG’s in the area are in the Arabian Sea now.
We do not have a single MEU in the area, the KEARSARGE group being near Bahrain. Let alone an MEF. The nearest MEU is the 22nd which is working up for deployment near Camp Lejeune. I do not know where it is in the working up cycle, but they are 15 days steaming from the Gulf of Sidra if they leave today. The TRUMAN CVN-75 is just back in Norfolk after squadron quals, but transferred her munitions to CVN-76 GEORGE H.W. BUSH which is just starting work up for her first deployment.
We do not have any options at all to project naval or marine power in the Med right now; be it NEO or dealing with the Iranian targets in the Med. None. The entire southern rim of the Med has been in an uproar for several weeks. It is not like a crisis here is a surprise. Our Navy is used to being on standby for such, and usually would have a force within a reasonable steaming distance leaning forward in case they were needed.
Someone had to order deployments to leave us in this situation. I do not think it was anyone in a Navy uniform. I am blaming the National Command Authority. Any bloodshed or hostages are on his head.
Yeah. The Iranians have as much seapower in the Med today as the US. Obama administration are assclowns.
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