SW1 wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 18:00 For the most part, the service previously focused on the Arctic theater for “training and environmental development,” Totten said, but that’s going to shift. He added that the Future Commando Force wants to bolster its resources in the region and is ready to position other readiness forces near the Suez Canal.
The program is composed of two littoral response groups, and it aims for forces to be able to immediately deploy to complete a range of tasks, from combat operations to humanitarian missions.
These forces form a littoral strike group that works alongside a carrier strike group, designed to boost the carrier strike group’s capabilities
There we have it: 2+2 as in
"These forces form a littoral strike group that works alongside a carrier strike group, designed to boost the carrier strike group’s capabilities"
Qatar having to defend their gas installations on shore (against an attack from a shores not too far across) or the same for Israel (theirs offshore) really does not guide us one bit.