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US Navy will get two more patrol boats

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The US Navy will give the Philippine Navy two Cyclone-class patrol ships that have just been taken out of service. These ships should arrive in the Philippines in the next few months and help the country patrol its coastal waters better. US Naval Forces Central Command said in a statement that the USS Monsoon (PC 4) and USS Chinook (PC 9) were given to the Philippine Navy by the US 5th Fleet at a retirement ceremony for the two ships on Tuesday at the Naval Support Activity in Manama, Bahrain. Monsoon and Chinook are the last two ships in a group of 10 that were based in Bahrain and sent to the Persian Gulf. These ships were made for shallow-water operations. Five of the decommissioned Cyclone-class ships were given to the Royal Bahrain Naval Force last year, and three were recently given to the Egyptian Navy. "I'm also proud that we're giving great ships to our partners in the Philippines," said Capt. Anthony Webber, who is in charge of Task Force 55 and oversees ope...
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After an attack by Syria, the U.S. extends its carrier deployment.

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WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - The United States has decided to keep the George H.W. Bush carrier strike group in place longer. This is to give policymakers more options after Iran-backed forces killed dozens of people in Syria last week. The decision probably means that the Bush strike group and its more than 5,000 U.S. troops, who are currently in the operational area of the European Command, will not return to their home port in the U.S. on time. U.S. The extension of the carrier group was first reported by Reuters. Colonel Joe Buccino, a spokesman for Central Command (CENTCOM), confirmed the news. Buccino said in a statement, "The extension of the George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group, which includes the USS Leyte Gulf, the USS Delbert D. Black, and the USNS Arctic, gives CENTCOM more options to improve its ability to respond to a variety of situations in the Middle East." The group is made up of the USS Leyte Gulf, the USS Delbert D. Black, and the USNS Arctic. Buccino a...
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