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Navy/USMC

Navy Plans To Station Eight LCSs in Bahrain, Official Says

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

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The U.S. Navy plans to forward deploy eight Littoral Combat Ships to Bahrain to focus on surface warfare and mine clearing, a senior service official said yesterday. Navy Undersecretary Robert Work said the LCSs will ultimately replace Cyclone-class patrol coastal ships and Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships operating with the U.S. Fifth Fleet based in Manama, Bahrain, but did not offer a timeframe for deploying the LCSs that are still in the early stages of procurement. The LCSs are designed to…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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