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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.
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."
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.