Ill-fated Gaza pier mission lacked sufficient training, equipment: IG
The Defense Department's Gaza pier mission resulted in 62 personnel being injured and at least $31 million in damages, federal investigators found.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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What lessons did the US Army learn from the Gaza aid pier mission?
The service dealt with a wild combination of turbulent weather, security threats and sweeping personnel restrictions.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
All troops from Gaza pier mission expected to be home by October
U.S. forces are expected to deliver about 6 million more pounds of aid before all troops involved in the mission are sent home.
US-built Gaza aid pier will be dismantled after troubled mission
Over 1,000 U.S. soldiers and sailors worked on detaching, repairing and reinstalling the pier in a mission fraught with weather and security problems.
By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp
US military’s Gaza aid pier will be permanently removed
The removal would deal the final blow to a project long plagued by bad weather, security uncertainties and difficulties delivering aid to Palestinians.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
US removes Gaza aid pier again due to weather and may not reinstall it
The U.S. is considering not reinstalling the floating pier unless humanitarian aid begins flowing out into the population again, U.S. officials said.
By Tara Copp, AP and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press