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LHA-7 USS Tripoli, US Marines menuju Iran. Apakah ini tanda mulai serangan darat?
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LHA-7 USS Tripoli, US Marines menuju Iran. Apakah ini tanda mulai serangan darat?
USS Tripoli, 31st MEU Heading to the Middle EastMallory Shelbourne
March 13, 2026 3:18 PM
Big deck amphibious warship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) and its embarked Marines are heading to the Middle East as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran enters its third week, two defense officials confirmed to USNI News.
Amphibious assault ship Tripoli and elements of the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit will join the Gerald R. Ford and Abraham Lincoln carrier strike groups that have been operating in the region.
Tripoli was operating in the Philippine Sea earlier this week with USS San Diego (LPD-22) and USS New Orleans (LPD-18), according to the March 9 USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker. The three ships make up the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group. It’s unclear whether all three ships are heading to the Middle East, or if Tripoli will go on its own. Ship spotters identified Tripoli sailing alone south of Taiwan heading through the Luzon Strait on Thursday.
The 31st MEU recently participated in Iron Fist, a yearly exercise that the U.S. Marine Corps performs with Japan. Before the drills in the Japanese islands, the 31st MEU “achieved full certification” in February, according to a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command news release issued this week.
The 31st MEU is based in Okinawa, Japan, while Tripoli is homeported in Sasebo, Japan. The three ships and the MEU are part of the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed presence in Japan. The entire MEU includes about 2,200 Marines, in addition to the sailors aboard the amphibious ships.
ARG/MEUs operating in U.S. Central Command often come from the East Coast. The focus of their missions has historically been noncombatant evacuation operations. It’s unclear what missions Tripoli and the MEU elements might do in CENTCOM.
Tripoli fields the Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Lightning IIs and previously tested the Navy’s so-called “lightning carrier” concept, embarking at least 19 F-35Bs in April 2022, according to Defense Department imagery.
sumber: US Naval Institute (USNI)
Sekitar O'dark Zero zulu, sudah turun perintah dari Washington untuk menugaskan LHA-7 USS Tripoli yang merupakan sebuah "kapal induk Marinir" dari kesatuan Marinir 31st MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit), yang berpangkalan di Sasebo, Japan untuk bertolak ke Middle East.
Setiap kapal jenis LHA biasanya, memuat 2200 Marinir berkualifikasi Expeditionary (Spec-Ops), F35-B VTOL, banyak Heli untuk berbagai jenis misi taktis. Secara keseluruhan penugasan misi ini, adalah sebagai Pathfinder to create a foothold bagi pasukan darat dalam operasi besar selanjutnya.
Setelah pemboman dan penghancuran total fasilitas militer Iran di Kharg Island yg berjarak 25km lepas pantai Iran di Hormus, juga merupakan salah satu pusat serangan Iran terhadap kapal kapal tanker yang melalui Hormuz dan beberapa serangan rudal ke negara Arab lain termasuk Israel.
Bisa jadi peristiwa ini, dapat disinyalir bahwa akan ada serangan darat terhadap Iran dalam waktu dekat. Mengingat serangan ke Iran hingga saat ini baru dalam taraf "decapitation" dan belum ada indikasi serangan darat (boots on the ground).
Sebagai catatan, bahwa US Marines dapat digerakkan atas perintah langsung dari President of United States (POTUS) hingga kurang dari 1 minggu sebelum persetujuan US Congress. Berbeda dengan penggelaran US Army yang membutuhkan persetujuan dan ratifikasi Congress, jika pasukan akan digelar di luar CONUS (Continental Of United States).
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