US Embassy in Yemen Closed Until Further Notice

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1. Well the USS Iwo Jima and the USS Ft. McHenry are there should the

embassy personnel need to be evacuated.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/01/22/navy-ships-patrol-waters-off-yemen-coast-as-rebels-takeover.html

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"They are currently in the Red Sea, standing by to protect America citizens in Yemen if necessary. It is obviously a very fluid situation and a very tense situation which we and the State Department are monitoring," Hawkins said. "The State Department will make the decision about whether to evacuate or draw down U.S. embassy personnel.

The amphibs are carrying elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, a special task force configured for expeditionary and amphibious operations. A MEU usually consists of about 2,000 Marines.

The Iwo Jima and Fort McHenry, both part of an Amphibious Ready Group, or ARG, are home ported at Naval Station Mayport, Florida. The ships arrived in the 5th fleet area of responsibility covering much of the Middle East, several weeks ago, Hawkins said.

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