[M T]

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/...ys/376808/

The statement from the pentagon is weird. They appear to be saying the training was in the US and then they say "Oh no, it wasn't in the US". I am not sure I believe that.

DefenseOne's full quote is

“We got them[i.e., the Harpoons] off the ship, put them on some flatbed trucks, put the Harpoons, the modules on the flatbed truck, and then a different flatbed truck for the power source, connected a cable between it, figured out was exportable, brought the Ukrainians to train on it over Memorial Day weekend, in our country, over Memorial Day weekend, and the next week two Russian ships were sunk with those Harpoons,”

The clarification was

he meant that the weekend the Ukrainians received training is called Memorial Day in the United States.

Also

The U.S. was part of a coalition team that did the training, a U.S. defense official said later.

I believe the phrasing indicates the training was not in the U.S.  I think he was using that reference as a familiar date, to point out it was shortly before the first attack on the Russian ship.

[M T]

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/...ys/376808/

The statement from the pentagon is weird. They appear to be saying the training was in the US and then they say "Oh no, it wasn't in the US". I am not sure I believe that.

DefenseOne's full quote is

“We got them[i.e., the Harpoons] off the ship, put them on some flatbed trucks, put the Harpoons, the modules on the flatbed truck, and then a different flatbed truck for the power source, connected a cable between it, figured out was exportable, brought the Ukrainians to train on it over Memorial Day weekend, in our country, over Memorial Day weekend, and the next week two Russian ships were sunk with those Harpoons,”

The clarification was

he meant that the weekend the Ukrainians received training is called Memorial Day in the United States.

Also

The U.S. was part of a coalition team that did the training, a U.S. defense official said later.

I believe the phrasing indicates the training was not in the U.S.  I think he was using that reference as a familiar date, to point out it was shortly before the first attack on the Russian ship.