Allies Step Up Somalia Watch
washingtonpost.com
Also, the Pentagon will soon have in the Arabian Sea three Marine Expeditionary Units, each with about 1,200 troops. One of those units is scheduled to set sail for the United States soon, but there will be a one-week period during the middle of January when all three will be available for operations in the region, officials said.
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The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard and other ships, left the U.S. West Coast early last month and is scheduled to leave Singapore today and to steam westward into the Indian Ocean, officials said. The 15th MEU, which like the 13th is based in Camp Pendleton, Calif., is pulling out of Kandahar, Afghanistan, and is being replaced by a regiment of the Army's 101st Air Assault Division from Fort Campbell, Ky. A third MEU, the 26th, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., is also in the Arabian Sea. |
