Three San Diego warships carrying 2,500 Camp Pendleton Marines en route to Middle East
San Diego Union-Tribune • • world
Key Points:
- Three large San Diego-based warships, including the USS Boxer, USS Portland, and USS Comstock, have been sent to the Middle East carrying up to 2,500 Marines from Camp Pendleton to reinforce U.S. forces in the conflict with Iran.
- The amphibious ready group, led by the USS Boxer, a mini-carrier equipped with F-35B stealth jets, carries the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, specialized in rapid response and amphibious assaults.
- This deployment follows the recent dispatch of the USS Tripoli and two other ships with about 2,500 Marines to the region, as the Pentagon prepares for potential ground force involvement amid ongoing missile and drone attacks against Iran.
- The Trump administration
