02-07-2012, 05:26 PM
"Bold Alligator 2012" drills 20,000 troops on US East Coast for Persian Gulf action DEBKAfile Exclusive Report February 7, 2012, 9:53 AM (GMT+02:00) Tags: US military action US sanctions for Iran Iran nuclear Iranian war game Strait of Hormuz
Bold Alligator 2012 exercise
Some 20,000 marines, seamen and air crews from six countries, a US nuclear aircraft carrier strike group and three US Marine gunship carriers are practicing an attack on a fictitious mechanized enemy division which has invaded its neighbor in the largest amphibian exercise seen in the West for a decade. "Bold Alligator 2012" simulates an Iranian invasion and a marine landing on the Iranian coast. DEBKAfile: It is the prelude to the stationing of this aircraft carrier and marine force opposite Iran.
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