
US Navy reduces staff to 'mission critical' levels in Bahrain ahead of potential strikes on Iran: officials
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CENTCOM says American sailors, Marines are keeping aircraft in Middle East ‘mission-ready’
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
The U.S. has been surging military assets to the Middle East in recent weeks as discussions have been ongoing between the U.S. and Iran over the future of Tehran’s nuclear program.
U.S. Central Command said this week that sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln — one of the ships in the region — have reguarly been performing maintenance to "keep aircraft mission-ready."
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