{"id":54416,"date":"2019-09-25T00:16:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T00:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/25\/us-troops-to-saudi-arabia-stand-by\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:45:23","slug":"us-troops-to-saudi-arabia-stand-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/09\/25\/us-troops-to-saudi-arabia-stand-by\/","title":{"rendered":"US troops to Saudi Arabia? Stand by."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NORFOLK, Va. \u2015 The U.S. is figuring out a game plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/09\/20\/following-attacks-pentagon-prepping-to-send-troops-to-saudi-arabias-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\">send troops to support Saudi Arabia<\/a> following Iranian air<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/19\/saudis-couldnt-stop-attack-on-oil-facilities-even-with-top-us-defenses\/\" target=\"_blank\">strikes on its oil fields<\/a>, but how many, their capabilities and where they\u2019ll come from won\u2019t be announced until later this week, a senior official told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the Pentagon\u2019s Friday announcement that it would deploy forces as a deterrent to Iran\u2019s recent antagonizing of a U.S. ally, senior leaders are looking at options for a deployment, the official said, and hoping for a contribution from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/03\/20\/france-a-european-army-would-help-not-hurt-us-troops\/\" target=_blank> key European allies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt this point, we\u2019re going to wait and see what other countries are going to do in supporting Saudi,\u201d the official said, reiterating Defense Secretary Mark Esper\u2019s comments in a Pentagon briefing Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/04\/what-war-with-iran-could-look-like\/\" 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\/AP_19098471996944.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 war with Iran could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times interviewed more than a dozen military experts, including current and former U.S. military officials, about how a conflict might begin and how it could play out. 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