move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a command chronology of the 26th MEU detailed.

The command chronology, obtained by Marine Corps Times through a government records request, is a historical archived record of the MEU's actions and exploits.

During that May, the MEU said it was focused on "high risk embassies" in Amman, Beirut and Cairo, as the US prepared to move the embassy to Jerusalem, according to the chronology.

Marines aboard the Iwo Jima were on standby to provide alert forces for quick reaction troops or Marines for the tactical recovery of aircraft personnel, commonly known as a TRAP mission, the chronology detailed.

Those forces were on standby to react within two hours to six hours of notification of an event that would require their forces to be launched on amission, the chronology detailed.

Palestinian medics and protesters evacuate a wounded youth during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018. AP Photo/Adel Hana

President Donald Trump's decision to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, announced in early December 2017, stoked international condemnation, even from US allies. Trump also announced the US would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's official capital.

Israel had captured east Jerusalem from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War, and in 1980, the Knesset — Israel's unicameral parliament — passed a law declaring Jerusalem as the united capital of Israel.

The annexation of Jerusalem is not internationally recognized, and Palestinians see east Jerusalem as a capital of their future state — should a two state solution to