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In a major about face in its outward posture towards Migrant’s Pass, the Department of Defence has ordered that Expeditionary Action Group (EAG) Malivia from its basing in Naval Station Crockett to a new posting in Naval Station Amsted in Aldegar. The announcement came via a press conference held at the Department of Defence building in Kensington earlier this morning. Secretary of Defence Edward Mears, standing alongside Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Declan Barker and Chairman of the Combined Chiefs Gen. Kristian Harding announced that the EAG’s task and purpose had been changed owing to the ever-increasing tension surrounding the Migrant’s Pass. Controversy erupted following the EAG’s deployment to Malivia, as part of forward/advanced basing action by the Department of Defence, which underscored the importance of Lodamun maintaining a physical presence in its various military installations throughout the world. The EAG, consisting of numerous vessels including the recently commissioned LCS St. Christopher amphibious assault ship, guided missile frigates, destroyers and a nuclear attack submarine, had been sent to dock in Naval Station Crockett with the intent of protecting Harrington Company shipping transiting through the Strait. This task and purpose had largely become about long-held sentiments in Kensington surrounding the unreliability of Beiteynu in protecting Lodamese merchant shipping on its behalf. “This a nation that will leave others behind if push came to shove,” one analyst noted. Secretary Mears noted that the EAG’s relocation from Malivia would have ultimately meant that Harrington Company shipping in the MP would largely be left up to both Beiteynu and Narikaton & Darnussia, whom he notes maintained a “security zone” within the region. “Our naval station and the EAG stood outside of that security zone and much of the controversy surrounded their presence,” Secretary Mears noted. It was reported that MAJCOM Commander Admiral Eliab Pymer, who as the Task Force’s Commander, has been the centre of attention had reluctantly met with officials in Narikaton & Darnussia on the settlement which sparked the EAG’s relocation. According to officials close to these talks, Narikaton and Darnussia had made certain assurances that Harrington Company shipping would largely traverse the strait without harassment, the point which some DoD officials have noted was at the crux of the EAG’s initial deployment. With the EAG now being dispatched to a potentially permanent basing in Aldegar, Secretary Mears noted that it would not result in the collapsing of MAJCOM but would instead prompt a “re-evaluation” of the DoD’s Migrant’s Pass strategy. “This is certainly a moment of de-escalation, although we note the otherwise warmongering tone of Narikaton & Darnussia’s earlier statements. Nonetheless, we assessment of our strategy and posture towards this particular part of the world is necessary as we must determine whether it is justifiable to risk human lives to monitor the free movement of vessels through the area when we have other military applications at our disposal,” Mears concluded.