On October 1, the US “Wall Street Journal” quoted US officials as reporting that the Pentagon is sending a third aircraft carrier strike group and more Marines to the Middle East, as well as sending nearly 10,000 additional soldiers to the region. The report said that the aircraft carrier “Roosevelt” left the port of San Diego in California on September 27 and “carried out the deployment mission according to the plan.” Meanwhile, the “Makin Island” amphibious security group, which consists of 3 amphibious ships, set sail on September 28, carrying officers and soldiers from the US Marine Corps Expeditionary Force. US officials said that ships, fighter jets and marines will arrive in the Middle East at the end of November.

On October 1, the US “Wall Street Journal” quoted US officials as reporting that the Pentagon is sending a third aircraft carrier strike group and more Marines to the Middle East, as well as sending nearly 10,000 additional soldiers to the region. The report said that the aircraft carrier “Roosevelt” left the port of San Diego in California on September 27 and “carried out the deployment mission according to the plan.” Meanwhile, the “Makin Island” amphibious security group, composed of 3 amphibious ships, set sail on September 28, carrying officers and soldiers from the US Marine Corps Expeditionary Force. US officials said that ships, fighter jets and marines will arrive in the Middle East at the end of November.