The USS Bataan was heading closer to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran, the U.S. Naval Institute’s news service said.
The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship is based in Norfolk, Virginia. It was scheduled to take part in military exercises with Morocco but those were scrapped, prompting the redirection to the Middle East.
The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, consisting of about 2,200 Marines and which was also slated to train with Morocco, was also moving closer to the Middle East, a defense official told the institute’s news agency.
“USS Bataan and embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are underway conducting routine operations, demonstrating the inherent flexibility of our naval forces,” Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Comer, a U.S. 6th Fleet spokesman, told the agency
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