About 400 Marines have been dispatched to a U.S. base in Greece ahead of deployment on warships off Libya, an American military spokesman said Thursday.
About 400 Marines have been dispatched to a
U.S.
base
in
Greece
ahead
of deployment on warships off
Libya
, an
American military spokesman said Thursday.
Paul Farley, spokesman for the Souda base on the
island
of
Crete
, said
the troops from
North Carolina
arrived at the base Wednesday and would later join two
U.S.
warships in
Mediterranean
.
The USS Kearsage and the USS Ponce steamed Wednesday into the
Mediterranean
en
route to
Libya
, the
Suez Canal Authority said.
The Kearsage amphibious ready group, with about 800 Marines, a fleet of
helicopters and medical facilities, could support humanitarian efforts as well
as military operations.
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