The Bataan Amphibious-Ready Group consisting of the USS Bataan (LHD-5), USS Carter Hall (LSD-50), and also roughly 3,000 Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are right now off the Coast of Bahrain and heading in the direction of the Arabian Sea, after they were forced to Wrap-Up an Exercise in Kuwait early in order to “Prepare for further Tasking as a result of Emerging Events.”