{"id":48038,"date":"2025-05-06T22:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/05\/06\/ill-fated-gaza-pier-mission-lacked-sufficient-training-equipment-ig\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:53:59","slug":"ill-fated-gaza-pier-mission-lacked-sufficient-training-equipment-ig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/mideast-africa\/2025\/05\/06\/ill-fated-gaza-pier-mission-lacked-sufficient-training-equipment-ig\/","title":{"rendered":"Ill-fated Gaza pier mission lacked sufficient training, equipment: IG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 2024, then-President Joe Biden announced the U.S. would create a new pathway for international aid into war-torn Gaza: a floating pier system operated by the Army and Navy known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/05\/16\/militarys-novel-floating-pier-arrives-in-gaza-amid-security-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/05\/16\/militarys-novel-floating-pier-arrives-in-gaza-amid-security-concerns\/\">Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore<\/a>, or JLOTS. Later that month, construction was underway on the pier; but it was unceremoniously shut down for good in July, having spent only 20 days active amid equipment failures and insurmountable sea conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, a new report from the Defense Department\u2019s independent watchdog reveals just how ill-prepared the military services were to build the floating pier to Gaza. It found, among other things, mission planners failed to identify environmental factors, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/05\/28\/aid-deliveries-suspended-after-rough-seas-damage-us-built-gaza-pier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/05\/28\/aid-deliveries-suspended-after-rough-seas-damage-us-built-gaza-pier\/\">beach conditions and sea states<\/a>, likely to affect the success of JLOTS; Army and Navy equipment was not interoperable and caused damage when combined; and cuts to training and resources further challenged the operation\u2019s success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2025\/May\/06\/2003704499\/-1\/-1\/1\/DODIG-2025-091_FINAL.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2025\/May\/06\/2003704499\/-1\/-1\/1\/DODIG-2025-091_FINAL.PDF\">DOD Office of Inspector General<\/a> report, dated Friday, recommends the creation of a new working group focused on JLOTS, a report to the defense secretary and the Joint Staff identifying gaps in its capabilities and better communication between the services, particularly through U.S. Transportation Command, which coordinated the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2024\/07\/25\/what-did-the-us-militarys-gaza-aid-pier-actually-accomplish\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8536116.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What did the US military\u2019s Gaza aid pier actually accomplish?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The pier\u2019s mission ended last week, and its clearest legacy is what wasn\u2019t possible, analysts say.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JLOTS pier, built under the mission name Operation Neptune Solace, was not a complete failure. During its operational period,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/07\/25\/what-did-the-us-militarys-gaza-aid-pier-actually-accomplish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/07\/25\/what-did-the-us-militarys-gaza-aid-pier-actually-accomplish\/\"> it delivered some 19.4 million pounds of food aid to Gaza<\/a>, enough to feed half a million Palestinian civilians for a month. But the IG found that its usefulness was badly curtailed by planning and resourcing failures, some of which had been observed for years prior to the mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While DOD had run 11 JLOTS exercises in the decade prior to the Gaza operation, the 84-page report found, neither the Army nor the Navy JLOTS packages met service standards for mission readiness, including equipment mission-capable rates. The actual readiness rates and unit manning shortages are redacted in the report, but it does note that the lack of resourcing had clear consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAccording to [U.S. Army 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary)] officials, manning shortages delayed the deployment of some Army watercraft for Operation Neptune Solace,\u201d investigators wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials with Navy Beach Group One, investigators added, said the unit \u201chad to pull together every person they could to sufficiently staff vessels in accordance with Navy requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between 2018 and 2023, the Army and Navy had completed major divestments of equipment the JLOTS system required, it found, including roughly half the Army\u2019s watercraft, or 64 out of 134, and one of the Navy\u2019s two JLOTS-capable units, Amphibious Construction Battalion 2. Officials in units involved with the deployment to Gaza \u201cexpressed concern at the Services\u2019 divestment of JLOTS capabilities and stated their belief that the DoD\u2019s current JLOTS capabilities were not sufficient to meet projected needs,\u201d the report found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the JLOTS training that had occurred at the DOD level had not trouble-shot a major problem with the Gaza deployment: the fact that the Army and Navy equipment was not meant to be used together. Both Army and Navy officials, the report said, had cited issues with the other service\u2019s pier gear. The Improved Navy Lighterage System, or INLS, and the Army\u2019s roll-on, roll-off discharge facility \u2014 both versions of floating docks \u2014 sat at different heights in the water. The Navy gear warped Army boat ramps, while the Army boats punched \u201ca bunch of holes\u201d into Navy docks, officials told investigators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An image published in the report shows an Army vessel with gouges in the base and the words \u201ctotal loss\u201d spray-painted on the side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Army\u2019s damage assessment is redacted, the Navy reported damage to 27 boats and INLS equipment totaling about $31 million. U.S. Central Command reported that 62 U.S. personnel were also injured during Neptune Solace, the IG reported, although the manner of the injuries and how they took place was not provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One service member died as a result of injuries sustained during non-combat duties on the mission. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/11\/05\/soldier-dies-of-injuries-suffered-during-gaza-pier-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/11\/05\/soldier-dies-of-injuries-suffered-during-gaza-pier-mission\/\">Army Sgt. Quandarius Stanley<\/a> died in October after being critically injured in May when high winds and heavy seas damaged the pier, causing four Army vessels to become beached, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/army-soldier-dies-gaza-pier-8cd0fa88dfd2b24112086ff727f56e5b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/army-soldier-dies-gaza-pier-8cd0fa88dfd2b24112086ff727f56e5b\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"438\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2025-05-06-163744.png.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2025-05-06-163744.png.png 618w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2025-05-06-163744.png.png?resize=300,213 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A photo published in the DOD IG report shows damage to an Army boat inflicted by a Navy dock component during the Gaza pier mission. (U.S. Army 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) via DoD IG.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army and Navy communication systems weren\u2019t interoperable either, the report found \u2014 a problem highlighted in earlier JLOTS exercises. As a result, the services were sometimes left without secure communications, according to the IG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On top of insufficient training and equipping, planning also fell short, the IG found. Despite clear sea state limits established for JLOTS, planners in the services and Geographic Combatant Commands \u201cdid not fully identify or consider mission-specific requirements, such as beach conditions, average sea states, and other factors likely to affect the ability to successfully conduct a JLOTS operation,\u201d and lacked information specific to the Gaza region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report recommended the Army and the Navy individually review their JLOTS capabilities and determine what changes need to be made to meet mission requirements, which service leaders agreed with. It also called on U.S. Transportation Command to develop JLOTS mission-essential task lists and establish other measures to ensure JLOTS missions had the resources they needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While TRANSCOM partially concurred, the IG stated its responses did not address how the command planned to better fulfill its coordinating responsibilities for JLOTS. It requested TRANSCOM submit a full report detailing such a plan within 30 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: This report has been updated to reflect the date of Sgt. 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