Montag, 30. Januar 2012

Navy Sending Floating Base to Middle East

By Jon E. Dougherty
 
The Navy is sending a warship it had planned to decommission to the Middle East at the request of U.S. Central Command to serve as a floating base for commandos and other special operations forces.
The vessel is the USS Ponce, an amphibious assault ship that can accommodate smaller fast boats and helicopters used by Navy SEALs and other special operators. The request to turn the Ponce into a floating base, or "mothership," comes as tensions rise with Iran, al

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