US ready to deploy military personnel to safeguard Hormuz transits 

US navy sailors and marines are training for a possible mission to board commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz to counter Iranian aggression, according to multiple news agencies.

Armed 20-member teams of sailors and marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the region would board vessels if requested and remain during the transit of high-risk areas in and through the strait. The military personnel onboard would work in coordination with US aircraft flying overhead. 

Since 2019, Iran has seized a series of ships in the strait with some seafarers forced to wait months before being freed.