{"id":68866,"date":"2023-08-03T17:46:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/03\/us-may-put-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:35:37","slug":"us-may-put-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/08\/03\/us-may-put-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"US may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates \u2014 The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing<\/a> civilian vessels, four American officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

America didn\u2019t even take the step during the so-called \u201cTanker War,\u201d<\/a> which culminated with the U.S. Navy and Iran fighting a one-day naval battle in 1988 that was the Navy\u2019s largest since World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While officials offered few details of the plan, it comes as thousands of Marines and sailors on both the amphibious assault ship Bataan<\/a> and the dock landing ship Carter Hall, are on their way to the Persian Gulf. Those Marines and sailors could provide the backbone for any armed guard mission in the strait, through which 20% of all the world\u2019s crude oil passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t