Where was the Gator Fleet in Lebanon?
There’s a lot of back and forth about charging Americans for transport out of Lebanon, but here’s a more interesting question. Why is the U.S. chartering civilian ships to transport Americans out of Lebanon anyway? XPatriated Texan is “really teed-off”: When I was serving, we always had a “Gator fleet†– a battle group ready to conduct amphibious operations such as this – in the Mediterannean Sea. It was a standard part of ensuring worldwide security. With the increased need…