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riversedge

(80,382 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 06:31 PM 17 hrs ago

🚨🚨🇺🇸 Reports say USS Arlington is loading nonstop in Norfolk, with armed security nearby. ...............

I think we are going bomb Iran until it looks like Gaza!!




🚨🚨🇺🇸 Reports say USS Arlington is loading nonstop in Norfolk, with armed security nearby.

Here is what that actually means.

Arlington is an amphibious transport dock, LPD-24, San Antonio class. Think of it as a floating logistics hub for a Marine landing force. It can embark hundreds of Marines plus vehicles, ammunition, and supplies, then push them ashore using landing craft from its well deck and helicopters or tilt rotor aircraft from its flight deck.

It is a ship you load when you might need Marines and equipment on short notice.

If the US is rushing to backfill gear now, it suggests basic readiness and prepositioning was not in place before Trump lit the match. You do not start a war and then remember the packing list.

So which is it. Evacuation, deterrence, or the first step into something bigger?


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🚨🚨🇺🇸 Reports say USS Arlington is loading nonstop in Norfolk, with armed security nearby. ............... (Original Post) riversedge 17 hrs ago OP
I'm thinking they are going to put boots on the ground Lifeafter70 17 hrs ago #1
That's what it sounds like to me, too... regnaD kciN 16 hrs ago #3
That's why I think it's for boots on the ground Lifeafter70 16 hrs ago #5
Escalation is my guess jmowreader 16 hrs ago #2
From my sources in the USMC, which I won't reveal, MarineCombatEngineer 16 hrs ago #4
It should take about two weeks to get there Lifeafter70 16 hrs ago #6
You mean out of Trumpedo's ass? MarineCombatEngineer 16 hrs ago #9
You said it better Lifeafter70 15 hrs ago #11
You are correct. MarineCombatEngineer 15 hrs ago #12
What's the point of having the world's largest, PatSeg 16 hrs ago #7
More like make them pay Lifeafter70 16 hrs ago #8
Ah yes PatSeg 15 hrs ago #13
All out for EPSTEIN. bluestarone 16 hrs ago #10

Lifeafter70

(891 posts)
1. I'm thinking they are going to put boots on the ground
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 06:44 PM
17 hrs ago

They thought this was going to be like Venezuela and now realize their mistake.

I very much hope I'm wrong.

regnaD kciN

(27,581 posts)
3. That's what it sounds like to me, too...
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:29 PM
16 hrs ago

This is the sort of ship meant for a ground invasion. An increased bombing campaign wouldn’t require it.

And sending an invading force into a country that large seems like a really bad idea.

Lifeafter70

(891 posts)
5. That's why I think it's for boots on the ground
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:38 PM
16 hrs ago

Ex was in the navy, my son in the marines. So I know what that ship is for.

I just don't want to be correct.

jmowreader

(53,064 posts)
2. Escalation is my guess
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:05 PM
16 hrs ago

Trump's theory was if he did a little aerial bombardment and killed their president, the Iranians would celebrate their conquering heroes with the greatest of pleasure. It didn't work so now he needs to send troops in.

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,969 posts)
4. From my sources in the USMC, which I won't reveal,
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:37 PM
16 hrs ago

this war is just about to greatly escalate with fellow Marines bearing the brunt of Trumpedo's illegal war.
So, how many of my sister and brother Marines are going to die because of his ego?

Fucking Congress needs to assert control over this insane, illegal war, when is that going to happen?

Lifeafter70

(891 posts)
6. It should take about two weeks to get there
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:43 PM
16 hrs ago

Hopefully congress will get there head out of their ass and stop this madness.

Lifeafter70

(891 posts)
11. You said it better
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:13 PM
15 hrs ago

Am I correct about the time line
It's been a lot of years since my ex served in the Navy. I remember how long he was gone on westpac tours. But that was in the late 60s and early 70s.

PatSeg

(52,960 posts)
7. What's the point of having the world's largest,
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:46 PM
16 hrs ago

most powerful military if we don't use it? Someone has been champing at the bit to play with his military toys. He was so disappointed in his military parade, so now he can make up for it.

bluestarone

(21,964 posts)
10. All out for EPSTEIN.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:59 PM
16 hrs ago

TSF want to destroy us.He KNOW Epstein is about to destroy him.WAKE the fuck up MAGA's

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