Gaza Pier Pressure | How the US Military Builds a Pier | Joint Logistics Over the Sea (JLOTS)

[@wgowshipping]

🚨The US Military announced that USAV Besson, which departed Norfolk, will be sailing to the Eastern Mediterranean.🚨 This is a longer video, but it is divided into chapters. If you want a summary of the JLOTS operation, jump to 7:24.

[@gus473]

Thanks for the updates, Sal! 😎✌️

[@davidmcfatridge]

What about our 2 hospital ships?

[@tishomingo4524]

good point.@@davidmcfatridge

[@wgowshipping]

@@Ike878 Not sure where they will land the pier.

[@wgowshipping]

@@davidmcfatridge Comfort is in a shipyard in Alabama and Mercy just returned to San Diego from a 4 month mission in the Pacific. There are no plans to deploy them.

[@nukejets]

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."

[@johnd2058]

I'm sure the IDF will help us moor the thing without any problems, right, Netanyahu? ...right?

[@davidclaudy4822]

@@johnd2058Don’t count on it. Yes, there will be boots on the ground. It’s inevitable. More lives of our military for a conflict that has spanned 1000’s of years.

[@seekadv8066]

All part of the plan. Run a false flag attack against the U.S building the dock and now suddenly the U.S is directly involved against the “evil t*rror*sts”. Can see it coming from a mile away

[@TheBeomoose]

No American boots, didn't say anything about anyone else's

[@davidclaudy4822]

@@TheBeomoose Good point. Maybe the blue hat brigade will keep the peace 🙄

[@tfwomble]

No boots on ground = highly paid contractors

[@willw8011]

Yep, ex military contractors, who would be smart not to go, because they will be disposable and also the US Gov will ruin their lives for defending themselves.

[@davidty2006]

with humvees.

[@Alwayswilling]

Why not hire qualified Palestinians who could likely build this for less and much faster than a privately contracted outfit from the US? Put some real and lasting value into it, or is this just another stalling tactic by Joe's team which really doesn't look like it knows how to do anything but deny Israel's blame for the current crisis.

[@Hybris51129]

@@Alwayswilling "qualified Palestinians" "Put some real and lasting value into it" These are oxymoron terms for the former there is no such thing and for the latter nothing that has any sort of lasting value can be built in the first place. It is one of the fundamental traits of operating within the region.

[@CaptRR]

@@Alwayswilling This is a result of Biden's recent poll numbers. Michigan and Minnesota have high Muslim populations, that frankly hate Israel, and Jews in general. This is an attempt to shore up that voting block, since he can't directly dump Israel due to most polls showing support for Israel. Its an attempt to walk the middle ground and get past the election.

[@findingandvalue]

Funny, The Netherlands government paid for a port in Gaza 3 times. But the money kept disappearing and the pier was never built.

[@quintrankid8045]

Who were the Netherlands paying?

[@fischX]

​@@quintrankid8045one time the PA and one time UNRWA all I know. Yeah they could have thrown the money into the sea directly the effects would be bigger...

[@xsu-is7vq]

You might want to ask Israel why they blocked the construction of a port in Gaza all these years.

[@davidty2006]

Theres supposedly a pier near khan yunis. And thats the only indication of anything...

[@TimothyDeSomerville]

They sent the money to Israel thru Jeffrey Epstein's and Bernie Madoff's "hedge funds".

[@quintrankid8045]

Thanks for the explanation. I fear this idea has not been well thought out or we are not being told the complete truth. Either way I don't think this will have a happy ending.

[@macmedic892]

Anyone else getting vibes of Beirut, 1983?

[@spartakos3178]

Worse, its going to be way worse.

[@jaxdragon1723]

Netenyahu should get in line & Get squared away. or he can find out, red white blue

[@spartakos3178]

@@jaxdragon1723 Bibi is more American than the walking corpse that is Joe Biden

[@obsidianjane4413]

You apparently need to go read up on US involvement in Beirut.

[@50shanks]

​@@jaxdragon1723​ He's already getting 100 to 140 aid trucks per day into Gaza, but this doesn't fit the narrative

[@siggishwiggish]

No boots on the ground but I'll bet there will be "sneakers" on the ground.

[@Joe-Przybranowski]

Shhh

[@gagamba9198]

Beach shoes. Espadrilles probably.

[@binder946]

Aaron bushnell USAF Said, there are troops on the gaza

[@AngusAbbott-qf8xm]

Flip flops are the way forward

[@msrebekahjane1]

Bare foot on the beach! 😎😎

[@ttystikkrocks1042]

Thanks for extending my understanding of this kind of logistics deployment! No one else makes this content available available so quickly with such a depth of knowledge. Great stuff!

[@wgowshipping]

Thanks for that.

[@stephensaines7100]

There's a DOD video from a few months back on-line that shows a variation of this system. Google: "Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore during Talisman Sabre"

[@annagiesking5828]

Piling on to say this is incredible info. I honestly feel like a whole new window has opened on current events because of this channel.@@wgowshipping

[@2ndfloorsongs]

Yes, thank you very much. It's great to listen to someone on KZbin who actually knows what he's talking about. By the way, Ryan McBeth sent his subscribers (one of them being me) over here. If Ryan says you're good, you're good. 😁

[@aa-.-477]

@@wgowshipping Great content. Thanks for the gems. Are there civilian/commercial versions of the trident pier or modular causeway systems?

[@koffeekage]

“Ive got a baaad feeling abou this”

[@Salty_Balls]

Wait til we confess to Gaza we're their father.

[@CaptRR]

You think?

[@weedhopper]

Your not the only one!! Can you say sitting ducks??

[@EnviroSteward]

​@weedhopper maybe that's the intention?

[@benjaminbatema6963]

I remember that Halo mission.

[@AdastraRecordings]

Thanks Sal for a great explanation of a terrible idea.

[@PEN0311]

This channel has been "blessed" with content in 2024 so far. This Floating Pier operation is going to keep Sal busy for at least the next 60 days and I'm totally here for it,.

[@devinwright7828]

Seeing this comment after the Dali.. Sal's busy

[@abcdeisthekey]

​@@devinwright7828i was thinking that

[@pilecki7521]

Sergeant: “Ok troops, listen up! The C-in-C had said absolutely NO boots on the ground. That means you stay in the water and never go on the beach. If you have to pee, do it in the water. If you have to poo, also in the water! But we highly recommend you try to hold it until the tide is going out.” 🤪

[@quintrankid8045]

I think it far more likely that alternative footwear will be issued.

[@anthropicandroid4494]

​@@quintrankid8045like air Jordans but filled with water from the Mediterranean Sea?

[@PapaTanGh0stNI9htM4R3S0nMaInSt]

Mini ​jetpack suits @@quintrankid8045

[@kurtwicklund8901]

Simple. Break out the hoverbikes.

[@pilecki7521]

@@kurtwicklund8901 Back to the Future hoverboards!

[@dtyr123]

so a large stationary target within easy range of anyone with a gun or a rocket launcher? so i guess no "US boots on the ground" but only on the pier as we build it. then bigger targets as ships come in and unload.

[@coachwendy5618]

The UN is the problem because they are too afraid to defend the huge amount of relief efforts that Israel has already inspected. Every time the MSM reports on the efforts to be stagnant they blame Israel. Israel has already proven that they can keep up with the inspections. It's the same problem as always. The UN is incompetent to distribute to the people who need help. This happens in Ethiopia, Somalia, Haiti, etc. UN cannot be trusted. US is for show to try to get Obiden reelected.

[@Commandoj251]

Who’s paying for all this? Why is it always us having to foot the bill for this stuff? These people should be able to hate us for free.

[@artysanmobile]

Crack a book, or a shelf full. We ‘foot the bill’ because we cause the trouble necessitating the bill. You don’t sound like someone capable of grasping this, though.

[@timstapleman]

Don't pay for it. Don't build it. The stupid pier won't make any difference.

[@rtod4]

Egypt has several deep water ports and two gates directly into Gaza, complete with roads, and trucks. One wonders why they can't be used instead of the Rube Goldberg pier system.

[@heatherjones6647]

Because it's all smoke and mirrors. Real aid will never reach Gaza.

[@CaptRR]

Ding Ding, we have a winner. Why don't they just go through the ports and gates that Egypt controls? Does Biden think the aid is any less likely to get stolen outside of the port than it will coming from the Egypt gate? This is all for show, unfortunately Americans will probably die because of it.

[@DanielsPolitics1]

Egypt’s refusal to allow aid through their territory

[@leb1]

How else will the US army set up a tripwire force in Gaza?

[@santoriniblue8413]

@@DanielsPolitics1US allied Arab countries concerned like Egypt and Jordania, have made clear, that they do not want any involverment that could lead or set a precedence for the problem to be shifted to them. They consider IL is the culprit, and thus has to fix it.

[@cheddar2648]

1. The infrastructure must be guarded against attack and sabotage by HAMAS or others. 2. Attacks may come in the form of rockets, mortars, VBIED, PBIED, enemy combatants, etc. 3. A robust defense-in-depth will require the presence of AEGIS BMD ships, Patriot or other anti-missile batteries, and so on. 4. This president's history with respect to a record of successful military operations is concerning.

[@benderWestlund]

Dammit you are using logic about a Democratic Party inspired solution! Stop! It only matters that you feel good!

[@RobinTheBot]

I suspect none of that will be needed. Why would they stop the inflow of resources to themselves? They're not video game characters. Y'all watch too many movies, but you'd make a great arms rep. You just spent 50 billion dollars on handing food to people who want to help you distribute food.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

1- israel*

[@ThatOpalGuy]

@@RobinTheBot he just wants a reason to keep blaming victims.

[@abram730]

Hamas is an odd way to spell IDF.

[@WilliamKirkland-j4r]

Thank you. Always best to hear from someone who has 'been there, done that'. Really enjoy and appreciate your work. Many thanks for sharing your expertise with us.

[@slmyatt]

It is very difficult to not make a political comment about a purely political decision.

[@c.andrew3944]

When feeding starving people becomes political you know it's rough times.

[@slmyatt]

@@c.andrew3944 I sure wish I had answers on how to feed the starving. Bringing supplies in the relatively easy part. Getting it to each person in need seems an insurmountable problem under present conditions.

[@churblefurbles]

@@c.andrew3944 Its political when they are covering for the fact that it is pretend.

[@The_SkullKnight]

Million dollar question: who would provide security. We all know eventually what will happen

[@tinaforbes1059]

Don't worry, Nutter-y@hoo wouldn't dare shelling their sponsors .

[@timstapleman]

What's the worst that could possibly happen? Genocide, perhaps?

[@petermacris8260]

That is a difficult question. I think the floating pier would be out of range of small arms and it might be advisable to deploy a destroyer for CWIS capabilities (basically stuff that can shoot down missiles)

[@capitalist4life]

You think Israel would hit the US military? It has happened before but i doubt it. And why would Gazans blow it up?

[@leechowning2712]

Israel, unfortunately. They have made it clear that, no matter what the treaties and general agreements are, Israel is no longer willing to risk any sort of palestinian state. Which means we can expect to see the same sorts of behaviors that we have seen the last 5 months, or the first year and change after 9-11.

[@Valorin1976]

this is likely a mistake, lots of food aid is going into Gaza, it just gets taken by Hamas for personal use rather than to civilians won't the same thing just happen here, Hamas will just take the aid as it comes off the boat (or maybe even before it comes off the boat) then there's the problem with security/safety, the pier/boats/loading crew will likely come under attack

[@iyke4djakes]

Same thing the West said when Hitler and the Nazis were committing their GèNocid€ against your ancestors and the rest of the world stood by and allowed it to happen. The images of the young, starving, Jewish children in 1944 is not different from the young, starving kids in Palestine in 2024. All it took was eight decades for you to become that which you swore "Never Again". What am i missing?

[@SpringIsBACK]

At a minimum we are likely looking at massive food riots.

[@somewhat.random]

For the life of me I'll never understand why the US consistently decides to help people who hate us. And then I realize: there's a lot of people who are US citizens who ALSO hate the US. We really do live in weird times.

[@bradjohnson4787]

So anyone who disagrees with you is not a real American! How fascist of you!

[@fr0zen1isshadowbanned99]

100% Agreed!!! I would wish more than 1/30 Comments would look like yours. I am scrolling the Comments and it's complete Face-Palm time. USA makes war through THIS USA is dropping bombs on Gaza USA trains for war through THIS USA needs to stop making war against EVERYONE USA always bad USA needs to do more ... COMPLETE Brain-Fuck

[@timstapleman]

The Americans are "helping" no one.

[@B01]

It'll only be a few weeks before they dismantle it and use it to make underground tunnels or more bombs, it's just that simple. All of the aid that's gone to infrastructure like water and pipes have been used for rockets. Sometimes to the dismay of the citizens, sometimes to their delight

[@nbrown5907]

Yea and what about supplying one side with weapons and the other side with emergency supplies. How long before we are selling weapons to both sides? War is disgusting of course.

[@STLisAlive]

So glad you started a youtube channel... I seriously wish the mainstream media would follow your lead - great facts, without spin or partisanship. Thank you!

[@Jueyes-vg2gb]

if he is really telling the truth and not ever holding back, well then sooner or later his channel wont exist, just give it time for something he is telling the truth on to not comport with what the powers that be want to be told

[@stephena1196]

​@@Jueyes-vg2gbthen we must just watch and enjoy the channel while we can.

[@Jueyes-vg2gb]

@@stephena1196 true guess I better start wording my comments better, dont want to bring any heat to it

[@coachwendy5618]

The MSM has no interest in truth. They are the government sponsored media paid for by the ads of oligarchs.

[@tomriley5790]

It makes no sense to me to be biulding a temproary port in Gaza when you have 2 fully functioning ports 20 miles away.... You cannot bypass the Egyptians and Israelis and not have "boots on the ground" for force protection... I am happy to be impressed by the capability inventiveness of the military but like you say there's no port because there's no shelter for the ships.... I don't see how this can go well...

[@dosmundos3830]

it's the US's way of infiltrating the Gaza Strip

[@greebj]

Israeli civilian protestors blocking their border crossing (groups such as Order 9 who demand all hostages be returned) are an increasing problem. They're outsmarting the Israeli govt and preventing aid trucks crossing with alarming success... perhaps the govt doesn't try too hard and is happy to have an excuse to not let them through to 'feed their enemy' Port in Gaza circumvents this

[@boobah5643]

Neither the Israelis nor the Egyptians are willing to have stuff moving through the Gaza border at the rate the Biden admin wants to move stuff. So, you go around. It's a lot harder for either nation to object to the idiot Americans putting their own ships in the line of fire. Of course, that means the US gets to learn the lesson that the Israelis and Egyptians already know.

[@voiceofraisin3778]

Its probably less to do with military necessity and more to do with fending off organised pre-palestinian factions in the USA. Hamas has no viable military force left except for threats to kill hostages if theyre attacked. They do have political force, through the media showing civilian casualties if there is an offensive or starving women and children if the siege is maintained. Since Hamas prisoners tend be a little...rotund it shows they arent short of food for the fighters but there is food shortages amongst the refugees, something Hamas is amplifying to exert diplomatic pressure. With Trump energising his base and Biden looking tired the last thing Dems need is a pro-Hamas/wont somebody think of the children coalition running an insurgency in their political rear. This Israelis are prmising to start their next offensive once Ramadan ends (about three weeks) so this keeps the media happy and has a backup temporary port for any refugees after the next round of fighting.

[@tubthump]

Hamas is amplifying food shortages? Where do you get this idea from?

[@GizzyDillespee]

The Chinese could build it in 6 days. And it would be biodegradable, even if unintentionally so.

[@Sam_Guevenne]

lol

[@wambsganz8]

This sounds expensive! Can we take that 6 billion in humanitarian aid back from Iran to pay for it?

[@Lucas-hb1uq]

What do you mean, take back? We didn’t give them $6billon. We allowed them to access these funds from their own sale of oil that we had blocked. It is being handled by the bank of Qutar and not given directly to Iran.

[@wambsganz8]

@@Lucas-hb1uq Don't we still have sanctions on Iran?

[@Tomcat71]

Im curious when they are gonna start caring this much about Americans .

[@GoodAfternoonDave]

You fail the empathy test

[@Bigball_Bill]

For real. Not super familiar with US politics but ya'll should vote people in who care more about US citizens. Better education, anti-drugs and anti illegal immigrants would be huge for that country.

[@donaldwobamajr6550]

Says the guy whose party openly opposes the Biden administration’s plans to address the issues affecting the American people. You don’t want to solve Americans’ problems. You want the problems to be drawn out, the suffering of Americans to be extended, so that you can improve your party’s chances in the next election.

[@angepano8591]

Uh, yeah. Military doctrine 101 here. How do you secure the land end of the floating pier without 'boots on the ground?' So, without that a floating pier is also called a target. Let's not pretend that this isn't hostile ground. Does it land onto an Israel controlled beach? Still unclear how this is better than trucks.

[@enndubful]

You're still going to need trucks to move the aid from the pier to where it is needed. The risk to reward ratio for this op seems utterly insane, but not out of character for the Biden administration. This could easily turn into an Afghanistan-level disaster.

[@quintrankid8045]

@@enndubfulI hope we're not going to leave billions of dollars worth of arms in Gaza for Hamas the way we did in Afghanistan when we pull out.

[@mariusvanc]

Sounds like a pretext to have some American assets attacked.

[@Blazo_Djurovic]

@@quintrankid8045Don't worry. You'll leave millions of dollars worth of a pier to the Israelis, which will be a drop in the bucket tot he aid already being supplied to them.

[@angepano8591]

sure if you're into conspiracy but if you know the US government / DoD, stupid works harder than conspiracy.

[@1painter4hire]

This Man has serious knowledge on the subjects he speaks about , Which is getting pretty rare nowadays. I appreciate you Sir 👍

[@danielhealy9725]

Yes Sir, Sir! Bullshit..,.

[@glenlafitte6810]

I agree wholeheartily

[@swell07_]

ive heard this dude say the usa navy is too small..... so does he know?

[@churblefurbles]

Still misled by this type of insincere distraction.

[@lancomedic]

Fantastic video Sal. Once this is built and the US goes home who is going to do all the longshoreman work? The people living in Gaza, are they all women and children or are there able bodied men that can do this. Why don’t we hear of other Muslim countries that are willing to support the people in Gaza. I for one do not want the US to be funding this. We have the expertise, but I am not willing to pay for it.

[@panhandlemikee5573]

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, and other Muslim countries don't trust or want the people of Gaza. Where's the Iranian humanitarian aid? Iran is the puppet master of Hamas and Hezbollah.

[@britt5650]

There are able bodied men but the unemployment rate in Gaza has been extremely high for decades Isreal has essentially controlled all trade capability and removed their ability to be self sufficient through trade. There is a college in Gaza so there are highly educated people, but I dont believe they have any trade schools. Most people probably do not have the skill or experience to run a port. Also there are reports that order has completely broken down due to the starvation happening. I do not know how they can possibly stop mobing and looting from the desperate people that will need the aid. It seems arab countries are willing to fund Gaza rebuilding efforts and they are funding peace talks with Isreal, but they are tipping toes around the conflict to prevent getting into a war with Isreal (and likely the US).

[@lancomedic]

@@britt5650 I’m not talking about employment. I’m talking about doing whatever it takes to unload ships and transport the aid inland. I don’t know either how the US can stop the mobbing and looting. The answer is that we can’t. “funding" peace talks? what does that mean? The more we get involved with this the harder it will be to get out. I don’t support any action where the US has people on the ground there.

[@zilfondel]

No other arab countries want to help the palestinians, because the palestinians always stab them in the back. Just look at the Jordan civil war instigated by them.

[@coachwendy5618]

@@britt5650Israel doesn't control trade capabilities in Gaza. Hamas ruled and they don't provide trade. They use UNRWA funding to build terrorist groups. The Egyptians, Jordanians, etc. know this and refuse to allow Palestinian refugees because they cause terrorism in whatever country tries to help. Israel has been the only country willing to help the Palestinians, hence October 7 happened because Israel trusted the Palestinians that were coming to work in Israel. Many of the Israelis murdered on October 7 were helping the Palestinians who helped Hamas attack by telling where and what the Israelis were doing on October 7.

[@Cbelkster]

I trained for 3 years with different MSC units and attachments. I had lots of JLOTS Training, and its fantastic to see it happening in real time almost a decade after I learned it. Fantastic systems at work, and for a purpose a lot more humanitarian than I was taught we'd use it for :)

[@SpringIsBACK]

Well, I don't know. If it just extends the siege...? Then again, by the time this is built, maybe Israel will have eradicated Hamas enough to no longer need to conduct major operations, and back off somewhat, tho' I think they will insist on staying in Gaza for some time. Nobody knows where that will lead...

[@crabbinmoose8583]

Who's paying for this manufactured crisis?? This so-called humanitarian aid is always funded by our taxes and I'm pissed-off now because everything you do to help people over there, no matter who, it's never enough and this broke government is complicit in the revolving door of shame where our labor goes to be burnt on the alter of fed biz contracts. I'm done.

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

​@@SpringIsBACK, the siege has to end sometime. Israel is a conscript army for the most part. You cannot deploy conscripts in a Red zone & in static positions that a long siege requires. That's asking for friendly casualties, & panicked conscripts are going to respond with poorly aimed counter-fire, probably into civilian neighbourhoods. What they need is properly trained military police. The Israelis don't have that, or at least not much of that, & their military police S&P are not very civil nor toward the Palestinians they're policing. The IDF MP's policing the newer Israeli settlements infringing into Palestinian territory were already trigger-happy.

[@lovetohate028]

Another thing to consider is that with any land-to-sea connection is the possibility of a refugee crisis. Loads of civilians rushing the pier to force their way onto the barges to escape the situation. What then?

[@1RecluseBrown]

You've stumbled onto a profound conclusion.

[@tadroid3858]

Any bets Hamas gets all that aid? Anyone remember Somalia?

[@Skagzi1la]

I bet, which ever unit goes will definitely be attacked. This will just be an excuse to actually send in troops once they are attacked.

[@-Katastrophe]

gotta try to appear strong in an election year

[@LackofFaithify]

Why would the US have any desire to send in troops to Gaza?

[@SpringIsBACK]

@@LackofFaithify How do you defend the unit(s) building and operating the pier?

[@richardbartley5906]

@@LackofFaithifyThe US doesn't, Israel does?

[@USASMR-o2c]

First step for the mic to put boots on the ground... how naive we are

[@robertewalt7789]

How can the US build a dock without going ashore?

[@aero-space541]

​@@robertewalt7789 Help from other forces on the shore, Israel perhaps.

[@coachwendy5618]

​@@aero-space541There's no need for Israel to do anything other than the inspections. Israel doesn't distribute the aid, the UN is responsible for that fiasco. It's the trademark of the UN to claim to help people in distress then show their true colors of allowing terrorist groups like Hamas to steal the aid and blame Israel for not allowing the aid in. Israel is doing its part to keep the inspections going. The UN is failing to do their job as usual. The same problem will happen if the pier actually gets built. It sounds more like a front for Obiden to get reelected. Most likely it will not go well in the end because it hasn't been thought through.

[@williamhart8974]

Time to go back and watch the opening scene of "Blackhawk Down".

[@williamhart8974]

So other than an applause line in a speech... We now know that it can't be done without boots on the ground. After the pier is installed, who's trucks are we going to load with food and medicine? Who is going to distribute the aid? The Gaza Ministry of Health is HAMAS, the Gaza Ministry of Transportation is HAMAS, the Gaza Ministry of Education is UN funded HAMAS.

[@Alwayswilling]

@@williamhart8974 All Joe need do is call Bibbi and tell him publicly to his face that Israel is not allowed to interfere. In fact your vice-president would likely be a better leader to demand Israel's compliance, the one factor sadly missing in this crisis.

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

Blackhawk Down happend AFTER the "Bloody Monday" where the UN forces tried to kill the leader but ended up massacuring every moderate lieutenant and a ton of other non-alined elders in a disaster that managed to piss off everyone in Somolia.

[@amariner5]

@@Alwayswillinglol. This person is silly. Remember, Gazan civilians captured and sold Israelis to Hamas, and Hamas (Gazans) are still holding hostages. 1. Sons of "whatever" isn't a thing here, this is NOT Iraq. 2. We shouldn't feed slave-takers. 3. This is just a way to urn American dollars and maybe get Americans killed. The Gazans hate us, and always will. Hamas is just a tool of the Mullahs in Iran.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

@@Alwayswilling just stop giving israel weapons. and them actually run the relief aid.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

A shame they never used all that cement to make a port instead of tunnels 🤔

[@RobertDay-k6v]

Will the hostages be unloading this food, allowed to eat this food, or will they continue to be starved while others are getting fat from this food.

[@josephpadula2283]

Only the American hostages …..

[@62442islife]

Lol the people over there are facing a famine but okay

[@Dat_Sun]

More tax dollars! Yeah!! 🇺🇸 I was hoping to toss more money that way, man this is awesome!

[@bfworm]

We pay for the weapons that are blowing it up and then pay for the effects of those weapons...

[@eustatic3832]

"muslim acceptable" MREs are just MREs if we're talking famine

[@reubensandwich9249]

I want to watch them eat the Veggie Omlet MRE.

[@ryelor123]

No, they're something far worse: HDRs. Imagine you took an MRE and removed everything good in it. I bet the salt packets are ruined like in all the ones I bought. HDRs are terrible and should be improved.

[@richardmeyeroff7397]

@eustatic3832 "muslim acceptable" I am Jewish and I think that if it is possible at the least MRE with out pork or other items that are highly forbidden by Islam.

[@Crimson_Hawk_01]

This thing will have a giant bullseye on it. Drones, rockets, mines, suicide, bombers, rocks, sticks, rotten tomatoes, and mean looks will be tossed at this thing.

[@GoodAfternoonDave]

Who do you think would attack desperately needed humanitarian aid going into Gaza?

[@MarkThrive]

@@GoodAfternoonDave29:14 conclusion

[@trey1531]

@@GoodAfternoonDave There's videos of people attacking trucks with rocks. A driver was injured. Hamas steals all the aid.

[@SpringIsBACK]

@@GoodAfternoonDave Hamas (etc.) Their whole tactic depends on big civilian fatalities & suffering to gain them (Hamas) support.

[@richardbartley5906]

This is just an excuse to get US troops involved in the war? If the Israelis weren't stopping it, aid would be flowing in by trucks through Egyptian border right now?

[@Gasoline4ever]

Money for piers in gaza, billions for ukraine, israel. And still veterans and thier families in this country cant get there day in court in the camp lejeune justice act.

[@timstapleman]

OK, so stop funding this stuff instead of complaining.

[@CaptRR]

I'm not even against Funding Ukraine (though probably not 80 billion), Israel, and Taiwan. I do have a problem doing anything for Gaza who is still holding American citizens hostage.

[@Gasoline4ever]

@@timstapleman im not funding them, are you? Never tell veterans or there surviving families to not complain. You have no dog in this fight so _uck off.

[@ASDeckard]

@@CaptRR They gave the American's and Canadian's back months ago. Keep up.

[@SpringIsBACK]

@@ASDeckard Uh, it's you who are behind. Hamas still holds 6 US hostages. Assuming they are alive.

[@sarelvanderwalt5219]

Containers are probably impractical as there are no logistics/ distribution available in Gaza beyond what people can carry or possibly load on the 10 vehicles which may still operate.

[@JosephNine]

THANK YOU SAL, EVEN WITH THE ABBREVIATIONS, THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN THINGS ARE SPOT ON !

[@hemaccabe4292]

Why would you lie about Israel blockading Gaza? Israel has been shoving in hundreds of trucks a day of relief supplies. The recent stampede which killed so many Gazans was because they were rushing a relief convoy. That was the fifth such relief column in 5 nights BTW.

[@DanielsPolitics1]

That is simply not the case.

[@GoodAfternoonDave]

Lol as if. Israel has had a chokehold on Gaza for years buddy.

[@Bigball_Bill]

Yep, they don't have a food shortage but probably a distribution problem because it's run by a terrorist group trying to get its civilians killed. Not sure if a port is the best way to address that. USA might think it's the best action or maybe just PR stunt but I guess they kind of know what they're doing either way.

[@ASDeckard]

There are literally millions of tons of UN relief waiting to enter Gaza, and the IDF is currently allowing in... *checks notes* 0 lbs a day. I'm not sure what I'd call allowing in literally zero aid, but it's not 'shoveling in hundreds of trucks.'

[@MrJamesBanana]

You mean the stampede that broke out because Israel started shooting at the civilians waiting for food? And then claimed the relief trucks ran all the people over? Israel has kept Gaza under a strict blockade for many years and are actively targeting the civilian population.

[@cstuewe]

Wow, a whole video without having to take a drink. It's been a while.

[@raymondtonns2521]

i did have a drink why is this feeding of Hamas our job?

[@B01]

​​@@raymondtonns2521 because the world was click baited into feeling sorry for a group who has only had terror groups representing them. Talk about a "peaceful" group of people, gosh. It'll be days not weeks they use the parts of this for some new campaign against Israel instead of using it to help their own people

[@fugehdehyou]

I had my bottle ready to go dam it

[@MarkThrive]

Bab al-M 😂😂 nuf said! Cheers 🍻

[@ThatOpalGuy]

bob al mandab!

[@indylovelace]

You got a shout out from Ryan McBeth to come over here to learn about JLOTS…

[@wgowshipping]

Haha! Ryan is a mind reader.

[@johnb7490]

I was in the Navy, did not know the Army had that ship. I've watched other videos explaining the security concerns. Great job.

[@PapaTanGh0stNI9htM4R3S0nMaInSt]

A defenceless army landing craft entering a wRzone that don't make no sense.

[@tinaforbes1059]

​@@PapaTanGh0stNI9htM4R3S0nMaInSt Nutter-y@hoo would not murder their own. Only in friendly fire . Don't you know ?

[@whiskeythree1622]

@@PapaTanGh0stNI9htM4R3S0nMaInSt Uncommitted votes in the US primary in election year. That help?

[@stephensaines7100]

It's actually shared jurisdiction from what I can gather. And the Marines might also have to be involved in this instance. [Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) is a unified commander's joint employment of Army and Navy LOTS assets to deploy and sustain a force.] Google: USTRANSCOM & JLOTS

[@paamodt7170]

The Navy and Marines in 2001 decided this was an obsolete and high risk mission. Using Hovercraft and Heavy lift helo's is faster and keeps Capitol Ships over the Horizon. The Army JLOTS requires cooperation with the Navy and Marines to provide a Secure Beach head. The Ships used by the Army to build the pier are flat bottomed, slow and require a shallow beach within certain weather conditions

[@richarddelotto2375]

A long, skinny target well within the range of Hostiles. NO road net or warehouse. Starving people. What could go wrong?

[@chksix6]

I love your channel. I know not a political channel but can't help myself. Are we really going to let Israel dictate cargo flows thru Cyprus? The irony. Let's take the 3.8B we give a rich nation each year, Israel, and re-assign it to Haiti, or at the very least, deduct this expense from it.

[@phaedruscj3330]

A pier for Hamas that will allow weapons deliveries without inspection. Its comparable to the Allies building ports for Germany in WWII

[@CaptRR]

Honestly I doubt the US will allow weapons to be brought in. However any supplies the US brings in will be taken by HAMAS the moment they are put on a truck to leave the port.

[@GoodAfternoonDave]

Found the sociopath

[@neptunestrident4364]

@mercoglianos: I really enjoyed the history lesson. Thanks.

[@reubensandwich9249]

One million MREs a day, 12:15. If they're truly starving, they should eat all the Veggie Omlet MREs.

[@richardbartley5906]

MRE's every meal, they are going to need a lot of water? Israeli plot to kill them with constipation?

[@Razor_Sharp1]

There's allready piers and roads that lead right to the same spot - Biden just wanted to put on a show - 75 days + till its even ready. Wont help, when you have roads you cant use right now lol. They wont allow the aid in so lol at this pier.

[@williamwebberjr8045]

Fantastic history about US Army and its shipping capabilities.

[@wild00side]

I gotta say through this whole conflict I've really found a lot of value in your channel. Very friendly and informative.

[@Lyzaaarnew]

Make the Houthis stop the attacks before they get aid

[@dosmundos3830]

get real

[@llYossarian]

Hamas supported the Saudi intervention _against_ the Houthi who are over a thousand miles away in Yemen...

[@reubensandwich9249]

Houthis aren't stopping no matter what happens.

[@maxsk9074]

@@reubensandwich9249 you sure about that? the ONLY reason is that nobody is willing to actually get their hand dirty. its just not politically acceptable these days. but it is definitely possible (but at what cost).

[@reubensandwich9249]

@@maxsk9074 Am I sure? Absolutely. The message changes by the day. Cease fire, then aid, then because UK and US attacked them. They're poor actors and will latch onto whatever excuse is most suits them at the particular time.

[@leechowning2712]

Love Speaker Johnsons face when the President said "no US boots will be on the ground"... where have we heard that one before... but I am looking forward to the deployment of the pier there. It will be a good real world exercise for in case we need to deploy these in hot war zones.

[@ianadams5872]

There are three primary manufacturers who package or assemble MRE Contents -- Ameriqual, Sopakco, and Wornick. Internal meal packages may be packaged by other commercial food suppliers. Wonder how many politicians already bought stocks in these companies?

[@sforza209]

If you were in the position to use insider knowledge you would too.

[@ianadams5872]

@@sforza209 there is a website that follows politicians trading.

[@tomhenry897]

All

[@c.andrew3944]

​@@sforza209that's why the practice must be outlawed - our governments and systems must be stronger than our individual human frailties.

[@c.andrew3944]

Well, now I know some new investment opportunities thank you

[@CanCobb]

I realize this is a logistics video not a political one. I can't emphasize this enough: it is an extraordinarily bad idea to have US personnel so near the conflict zone. The goal of Osama bin Laden in 2001 was not to bring down the towers: it was to bring the US into the Middle East in a military capacity. We fell for it. We brought the targets to them, and they proceeded to IED our troops and civilians 1 by 11. More than 350,000 casualties to IEDs over many years. The Houthis are already attacking with impunity on the other side of the Red Sea, and this will bring targets right to the front door in the Mediterranean. Having an American installation at Gaza almost guarantees it will be attacked. The fog of war means that it will be unclear who dunnit. It could be a false flag attack instigated by the Israelis, by Hamas itself, or by some 3rd, 4th, or Nth interested group. If there are American casualties, the mission would creep to more and more security. Tom Clancy already wrote this book and it was much more fun as fiction.

[@rtpfixit]

The question is, is Hamas dumb enough to attack the pier/ships/beachhead. Or to appear to have attacked the pier... And even minimal self-defense seems impossible in a volatile and unpredictable situation saturated with extremists and starving civilians.

[@HAL_9001]

With the proximity of Hamas to that pier will they be considered a near-pier adversary?

[@davidty2006]

yanks might as well send ford back there for good measure.

[@magnuszerum9177]

For a proper deep water port, you would have to make a causeway about 5 miles into the sea before making the actual docks. This would be possible, but instead of pursuing a path to become a Singapore on the Mediterranean, they've spent the last 70 years shooting rockets, so not even the Egyptians want them.

[@Alwayswilling]

Seems to me it was Israel that began to beat up on Palestinians long before Hamas and others turned what they could on their enemy. This fight has at least a 75 year backdrop. It definitely didn't begin last October, as convenient as that date may be for some.

[@SpringIsBACK]

@@Alwayswilling But the Jews had been run off their land by the Muslims and before that and before that and ...

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

Dont feed the enemy

[@c.andrew3944]

If the civilians are your enemy that's how you know you're the baddies.

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

@@c.andrew3944 You have a pathetic western view on war. No wonder the west can't win wars 😂

[@wedontneedmoneyanymorewene824]

Just let the aid trucks that are waiting at the border go through. If Israel won't let them through stop their aid from usa. The pier isn't for gaza or Palestinians it's for oil and gas companies 😢🤫🙄🤔 Research jaques fresco's lectures in depth and critique him please. This shits got to go put that in your search bar please.

[@bobcougar77]

Obviously this is election year theater. The Democrats are worried about their base and this will give great visuals. Politically it makes sense: If Hamas attacks the port they can say "see, we were justified in supporting Israel, these animals won't let their own people eat" If it works they get to score points with the pro palestine crowd and points with Boomers for a logistical feat. I just hope no soldiers get killed for their election. Side note: Who are they going to coordinate on land to distribute the food? Is it going to be a free for all on the beach? My guess is they are going to try real hard to find a local "partner" to handle shoreside logistics. Most likely Hamas, but they would much prefer an NGO or an Arab nation if they can find one willing (they won't).

[@NorCalNeel]

You know, as well, as I do, that The Garza port will turn into a military Landing zone as soon it is attacked

[@Heterogeneity]

Yuuup. They're building a big giant red white and blue target.

[@stephensaines7100]

USS Liberty redux?

[@NorCalNeel]

🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸

[@leechowning2712]

@@stephensaines7100 not even. USS Maine or USS Cole. "Mom, he's doing it again"... "I wasn't touching you"...

[@kmadams85]

How are we going to emplace a pier in Gaza with no US boots on the ground in Gaza as the president said in the SOTU?

[@i-love-comountains3850]

No boots on the ground if they're on a floating dock😂

[@davidty2006]

@@i-love-comountains3850the dock needs to connect to the ground to be a dock.

[@richbockmann9751]

It’s naive to think that this will work without the Israeli government signing off on it.

[@paulphotios3920]

The words so far leave alot of room for it to be something totally different to what it has been sold as. Israel has already cleared a road. This is actually a pier for the IDF.

[@leechowning2712]

@@paulphotios3920 "Israeli security must inspect all cargo"... the likelyhood of 2002-04 US mishaps in our conflicts in the region are VERY likely, not to mention it is an extremely fragile structure being erected by people they already assume to be actively supporting the IDF. I would be very suprised if it is not damaged repeatedly.

[@richardbartley5906]

They are encouraging it to get US troops involved to help with the Genocide?

[@oohhboy-funhouse]

The Israelis are totally going to slow walk "inspections" like they do with land crossings, assuming this ever gets built. We know who is to blame, what the solutions are, and everyone is dancing around it for reasons. I am far more worried about IDF 'Finding Hamas nearby', than an actual Hamas attack.

[@sgtborg1]

Army veteran. 88h cargo handler done a few missions with causeways done a few jlots great way to deploy assets logistics and aide while using the army and its vast ships. Logistics win wars go army transportation

[@FrankMuchnok]

The order already went out; All personnel assigned to this project are to perform their duties barefoot. Boots are to be stowed shipboard when on duty. No exceptions.

[@michaeld9731]

Thank you so much for this in-depth analysis and explanation of what's happening!! You and this channel are fantastic!!!

[@PaulLoveless-Cincinnati]

Top notch analysis.

[@tishomingo4524]

Good accurate content. Gee, what could possibly go wrong? Spent many years with MPSRON2 on LMSRs doing just this. You covered all the bases. Our president is not just senile, he's insane.

[@Heterogeneity]

The Abraham Accords are really making the world a better place. Thanks Jarod.

[@AmericanDiscord]

He is just doing the bidding of Zionist masters. Prepping for occupation.

[@SpringIsBACK]

@@Heterogeneity Uh, a major goal of Iran in all this is to disrupt the Abraham Accords, which were the region's best chance at finding some peace...

[@RobertPearsonJr]

Thank you for a non-political break down on how this gets done.

[@jerryodell1168]

What's the need for a pier?????? Egypt has access. Why are they Not sending massive supplies to Gaza????????????

[@macmedic892]

Egyptian truck drivers don’t want to go into Gaza.

[@adeptpeasant6161]

I call B.S. this is a Trojan Horse

[@neptunestrident4364]

Precisely. First it will be security personnel, then they kill get “attacked,” then more troops, …

[@jakemocci3953]

Yup. Israelis can’t handle it, now they want American boots on the ground. Of course, our politicians will give it to them.

[@reubensandwich9249]

Crazy people keep saying this an it's laughable.

[@jeff9062]

So, why isn't Iran giving any aid?

[@pausereflect5911]

Iran didn't create the problem and the two involved won't let them near Gaza.

[@pausereflect5911]

Also don't you get the sense that the ME is saying you created it, you keep stopping us and you're involved in things getting worse, so you fix it.

[@pausereflect5911]

The two involved countries won't let/aren't letting other countries from getting in there. Good question though. They are absolutely stopping any other country or interested party from getting in there.

[@c.andrew3944]

Because it would likely cause a rise in tensions in the area from two perspectives. There is a regional power struggle between Iran, Egypt, and the Saudis that you need to consider, so that's perspective one. Second, how do you think the Western and Israeli media (and their defense departments) would receive and program the IGRC creating a beachhead right on Israel's doorstep? Gotta think geopolitically.

[@SpringIsBACK]

@@pausereflect5911 What? Iran finances and arms Hamas. All part of a much bigger strategic picture.

[@HandyMan657]

Not sure how they'll pull this off, but good luck. Thanks for the update, Sal.

[@patrick247two]

What is going to happen when the IDF bomb the pier?

[@WojciechP915]

It is interesting how Israel gets to blockade the entire coast of Gaza, prevent Gazans from fishing more than a few kilometers out, prevent Gazans from receiving aid via the Egyptian crossing. Israel acts like the jailer of a maximum security prison and inflicts starvation and terror on the two million Gazans held prisoner.

[@John.S.Patton]

Israel isn't blockaded gaza and stopping egypt from delivering aid.

[@jessen00001]

Thanks for a informative video ❤

[@emom358]

Thank you for talking about Army boats. My brother (retired 20+ years) was a brown water sailor in the Army in Vietnam. His stories are amazing.

[@The_Wicked_Wookie]

Peer pressured into building a pier

[@patriciaeddy7629]

What about the hundreds of trucks waiting at the border? Time those truck are forced though,time is up. NETANYAHU isn't a human being regarded as much of a leader, so by pass his azz, force a cease-fire and get necessary aid in.

[@amorfo9127]

Friggin psychotic politics are so fu' up...they know all that people will be death in two month, and they know trucks are there but wont let them in...this is probably just a media move like "oh we want to help, so sadly we couldn't reach on time" all the fu psychos behind this politics should be in jail.

[@ilenekehoe3099]

Are any other civilians like me embarrassed by out lack of transportation? With war looming in the Pacific, it seems like time for a “What the hell?” Thanks to all you transport service members who keep our dimmed light flickering!

[@criticalevent]

The real question is how do they do it with blindfolds on and without touching the ground?

[@davidlancaster3144]

The million-dollar question is: once offloaded, will Hamas seize the food, as they have been doing, and take it for themselves or sell it back to the Gazans at an extreme markup? My guess is yes and yes. Agreed, security is a big issue. Thanks for your insights, Sal.

[@richardbartley5906]

More likely the Israelis will seize it? It would be flowing in now if the Israelis weren't stopping it?

[@enndubful]

This is Biden's dumbest idea yet.

[@John.S.Patton]

Gets to get them arab vote's

[@avicomay6051]

Thank you Sal for the great content. I do think you skipped probably the most complex portion of the operation. How will the food get distributed once on shore? Who will be accepting, securing and distributing the food?

[@FrankHeuvelman]

And if that doesn't work you can always fall back on the Mulberry floating docks that worked so well for the allies in the weeks following D-Day in WW2.

[@ingramjd]

Doubtless this will end in tears, just to save time, I'ma start crying now.

[@neptunestrident4364]

Apparently, social experiments were/are more important than capabilities

[@eugenio1542]

Fascinating and fantastic quality work. Thanks 😊

[@SirWhiteRabbit-gr5so]

Why are we building Gaza a pier to deliver missiles and weapons to Hamas?

[@sorbethyena3828]

already bombs and aid are being airdropped at the same time... GENEVA CONVENTION thank you for the video

[@tomriley5790]

Also regarding D-day, my grandad was in the first wave on Gold beach, he said even as they were moving off the beach bulldozers were coming in to fill in shell holes and people were unrolling temporary roadways up the beach...

[@wgowshipping]

The logistics of D-Day is incredible, particularly the 'funnies' on Gold and the British beaches.

[@FaycalOuazine]

"I don't remember one occupation in which the occupier presented himself as the victim, we are the victims, we are forced to kill their children, poor us.” ~ Israeli journalist Gideon Levy “If this isn’t genocide in Gaza, then what is it? » ~ Israeli journalist Gideon Levy “In Israel, 30,000 Gazans are responsible for their own deaths !!! I have never been so ashamed” ~ Israeli journalist Gideon Levy “By trying to humiliate Gaza to the core, it is Israel that is humiliated” ~ Israeli journalist Gideon Levy “Israel blames everyone but itself for its own shame” ~ Israeli journalist Gideon Levy “Israel is feeding the next generation of self-hatred” ~ Israeli journalist Gideon Levy

[@josephpadula2283]

Gideon . When the US troops are there can you please ask Humas to let the American Hostages they have kidnapped go ? Thanks !

[@tomriley5790]

@@FaycalOuazinewhat has that got to do with my comment? For the record the US has been sending more than $300million in humanitarian aid to Gaza per year for years, Britain and Germany sending about $70million a year, if it wasn't for those countries Palestinians in Gaza would have starved to death years ago.

[@Mondo762]

Army Combat Engineeers took heavy casualities on D-Day. There is a memorial to them in Normandy.

[@johncantrell614]

Interesting. Millions donated to the Palestinian to put in water systems, and none of it was built. In fact, all the pipes sent in by the English Hamas took and cut up to make missiles to fire into Israel. Millions more donated for other infrastructure projects, and hamas kept almost all the money for themselves and very little for the people. Now millions more in food aid is being sent, in spite of the fact that hamas has been pictured standing on food trucks, stopping the people from getting much of it. So can you blame Israel for not wanting to send food and medical aid that will mostly be used to feed the Hamas terrorists well, and medical supplies that will treat far more terrorists so they can fight another day, and very few of Gaza’s regular people? If you doubt this, remember that Hamas controls everything going on in that area. Doesn’t take much thought to predict what will happen to most of the food and meds……..

[@abram730]

"not wanting to send food and medical aid that will mostly be used to feed the Hamas" How will the Hostages eat if Hamas has no food? The reality is that Israel's stated goal is to starve the civilians. There is a difference between war and genocide. "remember that Hamas controls everything going on in that area." That is Israel, and Hamas is an odd way to spell Israel.

[@nickreeves3066]

I wouldn't be building any kind of permanent structure. I'm sure Israel isn't going to want that there so Hamas can take advantage of it in a later date..

[@annehersey9895]

You got it wrong. Israel did NOT blockade Gaza. 200 trucks a day at least get in to Gaza every day. Part of the problem is that after the trucks get into Gaza, Israel is done and UNRWA takes over and they allow armed Hamas fighters to hijack a good number of trucks. The crisis in Gaza is NOT THE FAULT OF ISRAEL! I’ve seen them send truck after truck in. I’ve also seen videos of armed Hamas taking the trucks with Gazan civilians fighting with them to stop.

[@phil20_20]

"Humanitarian Daily Ration" MREs are @ $1,600 for a pallet of 480 daily rations on Amazon. That comes out to $3.33 a day per survivor. These are designed to be universal with vegetarian entrees. I see a lot of bulk food deliveries coming off those planes though. It's a lot cheaper to deliver bulk, and they can cook when they're not being bombed out of existence. Water, I assume is a different issue. Israel makes desalination plants. Something for Panama to consider.