Gaza Pier Pressure | How the US Military Builds a Pier | Joint Logistics Over the Sea (JLOTS)
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A Pier for Gaza What's Going on With Shipping? March 9, 2024In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and f...
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In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the planned deployment of the Joint Logistics Over The Shore capability to Gaza to construct a pier to aid in the flow of aid into the region.

00:00 Introduction

03:59 Geography of Gaza

06:10 First shipments by sea

07:24 Joint Logistics Over The Shore JLOTS

09:10 Floating Pier

13:05 Pier Options Ashore

16:48 Ship to Shore Connectors

23:03 Historical Examples - WWII & Vietnam

25:09 Where Are Marine, Navy & Army Assets

27:37 Conclusion

Some good supplemental overview from a merchant mariner who has done this kind of pier system before.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    8 months ago

    Great content! As a former US Army Transporter I fully agree with your assessment. People have no idea how difficult and complex sealift operations are to establish, especially those involving Logistics over the Sea operations.

    I cannot see how there will not be "boots on the ground."

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      That, the 60 day+ deployment time, and the goal of supplying 1m MREs daily to two million people when the rations mostly have to be halal are all details markedly absent in mainstream coverage I've seen. This is such a bad plan compared to just picking up the phone and saying "Israel won't exist tomorrow if you don't stop immediately."

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        8 months ago

        absent in mainstream coverage I've seen

        It drives me insane that the nuts and bolts of stuff is basically ignored by the media. Yet the media wonders why many people ignore the mainstream media outlets and get their news from sites like Tiktok and Youtube. Gee, media, maybe people want actual information and not more mindless, moronic political horse race "analysis" judging if Biden's messaging is a success. They even do that "Is the messaging working?" shit for a genocide.