Soldier Critically Injured During Gaza Pier Mission Dies at 23
A soldier who was seriously injured under unknown conditions this summer during the Pentagon’s temporary Gaza pier mission has died, the Army confirmed. Sgt. Quandarius Davon Stanley, 23, passed away Oct. 31, according to an online obituary. The Army confirmed to Military.com that Stanley was the soldier injured during the humanitarian aid mission, adding that […]
Challenges of the Gaza Humanitarian Aid Pier Offer Lessons for the US Army
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was their most challenging mission. U.S. Army soldiers in the 7th Transportation Brigade had previously set up a pier during training and in exercises overseas but never had dealt with the wild combination of turbulent weather, security threats and sweeping personnel restrictions that surrounded the Gaza humanitarian aid project. Designed as […]
Biden Pushed Army's Gaza Pier over Warnings It Would Undercut Other Aid Routes, Watchdog Says
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year even as some staffers for the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off and undercut the effort to persuade Israel to open “more efficient” land […]
Army's Pier System Now Faces Second Watchdog Review After Troubled Gaza Mission
Following the seemingly bungled Army mission establishing a pier off the Gaza Strip to deliver aid to the region, the Pentagon’s internal watchdog has launched an investigation into the service’s capabilities to conduct such a mission. The Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General earlier this month announced that it’s investigating how the military runs […]
About Half of the Troops Who Deployed on the Gaza Aid Pier Mission Are Home Now
The Pentagon said Thursday that nearly half of the troops it deployed to the Mediterranean as part of the mission to deliver aid to Gaza via a temporary pier are either home or will be home shortly. Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters that 235 soldiers returned to Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia earlier this […]
As the Gaza Pier Is Packed Up, Experts Worry About What It Portends for a War in the Pacific
The U.S. Army, every few years, would break out a series of pontoons and boats and practice creating a pier where none existed before to land vehicles and cargo. It usually went pretty well, and it almost never generated any attention. Sometimes, weather would get in the way, and so the last time the service […]
The Gaza Aid Pier Is Officially Dead After Being Removed Over Weather for a Fourth Time
Almost a week after Pentagon officials began suggesting that the temporary pier in Gaza may not return, the deputy commander of U.S. Central Command has confirmed that the pier’s mission is over. “Now that that maritime surge mission was successful, it’s now transitioning from a temporary pier in Gaza to a port in Ashdod, Israel,” […]
US-Built Pier Will Be Put Back in Gaza for Several Days to Move Aid, Then Permanently Removed
WASHINGTON — The pier built by the U.S. military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled Wednesday to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently, several U.S. officials said. It would deal the final blow to a project long plagued by bad weather, security uncertainties […]
US Military Shows Reporters Pier Project in Gaza as It Takes Another Stab at Aid Delivery
With U.S. soldiers within shouting distance of Gaza’s bombed-out coast, the American military is taking another stab at delivering aid to hungry Palestinians by sea. After several fits and starts, a $230 million pier is up and running again. The U.S. military invited reporters for a tour of it on Tuesday, marking the first time […]
Lawmakers Move to Defund US Military's Gaza Aid Pier After Torrent of Problems
Amid being battered by rough seas and weathering international logistical headaches, the U.S. military’s humanitarian aid pier in Gaza is facing another obstacle: Congress. A pair of bills advanced last week in the House seeks to end the mission that was billed as the Biden administration’s flagship effort to aid Palestinian civilians on the brink […]
