Tag: Persian Gulf

Biden Offers to Turn U.S. Military Personnel Into Saudi Royal Bodyguards

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President Joe Biden has made a habit of putting the interest of foreign governments before that of the American people. Like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. 

Biden Offers to Turn U.S. Military Personnel Into Saudi Royal Bodyguards by Doug Bandow

Flashback (has he forgotten?):

[2019] American Soldiers Are Not Bodyguards for Saudi Royals by Doug Bandow

President Donald Trump believes in America First except when it comes to the Saudi royal family. Then it is Saudi Arabia first.

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 25, 2024

Ms. Cat

At least some are closer to the homeland.

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 25, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) are forward-deployed to the region under Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA). PATFORSWA deploys Coast Guard personnel and ships with U.S. and regional naval forces throughout the Middle East. Initially deployed in 2003 to support Operation Iraqi Freedom, PATFORSWA is now a permanent presence based out of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 18, 2024

Two Royal Navy Minehunters Bump in Bahrain | HMS Chiddingfold & HMS Bangor involved in Allision!

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Two Royal Navy Minehunters Bump in Bahrain | HMS Chiddingfold & HMS Bangor involved in Allision!

Royal Navy Allision!

What’s Going on With Shipping? Jan. 21, 2024

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano – maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner – discusses the allision between the @RoyalNavy HMS Chiddingfold and HMS Bangor in Manama, Bahrain on January 19, 2024.

What is Going on With Shipping?

Previously:

Two British Warships Collide in Persian Gulf Incident (+Video)

Operation Prosperity Guardian: Whose Prosperity is Being Guarded?

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Operation Prosperity Guardian: Whose Prosperity is Being Guarded?

In the weeks to come, we will see the situation between the Houthi, international shipping, and the world’s navies further develop. The goal of Operation Prosperity Guardian is to ensure the prosperity of the world by ensuring the free flow of goods and ships through the international waterways off the coast of Yemen. If the main beneficiary of the operation is one of the largest shipping corporations in the world, then there is a question of whose prosperity is Operation Prosperity Guardian truly guarding?

Operation Prosperity Guardian: Whose Prosperity is Being Guarded?

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Maersk Ship Hit by Missile in the Red Sea

US Embarks On Proxy War Against Iran

Ms. Cat

A massive US naval deployment in a wide arc of the so-called Greater Middle East is under way — stretching from Crete in the Eastern Mediterranean, into the Red Sea and the Bab el Mandeb and into the Gulf of Aden and all the way into the Gulf of Oman. This deterrent display may transform as large scale offensive operations and aims to rework the geopolitical alignments and bring them back to the traditional grooves of intra-regional rivalries in the Gulf region.

US Embarks On Proxy War Against Iran