U.S. Navy
warships and an expeditionary force of Camp Pendleton-based Marines trained to
extract Americans who get caught up in anti-U.S. protests overseas departed
Monday for a 7-month deployment to the Middle East and Western
Pacific.
The Peleliu
Amphibious Ready Group, led by the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu, includes
some 4,000 Marines and sailors and is under the command of Capt. Mark Sakaguchi.
As a captain in charge of multiple amphibious ships, he will bear the title of
Commodore during the deployment, according to the Navy.
Besides the
Peleliu, the force includes the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay and the
dock landing ship USS Rushmore. The Peleliu returned from its most recent
deployment in December 2010, and the Rushmore did so in April of that year. The
Green Bay's most recent deployment ended almost a year ago.
10news.com
Also deploying
Monday is the Marine Corps’ 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and elements of Fleet
Surgical Team 1, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23, Assault Craft Units 1 and 5,
and Beach Master Unit 1. Infowars.com Their departure
comes against the background of ongoing tensions with Iran over its nuclear
program and amid anti-American unrest throughout the Muslim world triggered by
an anti-Muslim film trailer posted on the Internet.
10news.com U.S. Ambassador
to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans working for the State
Department -- including two local former Navy SEALS, Encinitas resident Glen
Doherty and Tyrone Woods of Imperial Beach -- were killed by an armed force in
the Libyan city of Benghazi on Sept. 11 amid demonstrations over the film.
10news.com The sailors and
Marines in the Peleliu Ready Group recently completed nine months of training
scheduled long before the current anti-American unrest flared. Rescue training
is a common part of pre-deployment training for Marine expeditionary units.
Infowars.com According to the
Marine Corps, the final pre-deployment training for the Marines and sailors was
on the evacuation of non-combatants from hot-spots. LA Times
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