"New US Marine Corps Crisis Unit To Be Based in Kuwait" Topic
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Tango01 | 01 Oct 2014 12:10 p.m. PST |
"The US Marine Corps is preparing to deploy about 2,100 grunts to be based out of Kuwait in a new unit configuration designed to respond to crises in the region, according to Corps officials. Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Central Command will be equipped to perform noncombat evacuation, humanitarian assistance, infrastructure support, tactical aircraft recovery, fixed-site security and theater sustainment missions, said Brig. Gen. John Love, assistant deputy commandant for plans, policies and operations. Plans to deploy the unit predate the conflict in Iraq and Syria with the Islamic State. Love, who spoke Sept. 25 at the Modern Day Marine expo, made no reference to the militant Islamic group or where the unit would be deployed, and a Marine Corps spokesman would say only that the Marines would be based in multiple locations…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Legion 4 | 02 Oct 2014 2:36 p.m. PST |
Good place as any in the region with all that is going on … may cause Daesh to re-think trying to invade Kuwait … at least for a little while … |
Cke1st | 02 Oct 2014 7:16 p.m. PST |
I'm thinking "Beirut, 1983." I hope I'm wrong. |
Legion 4 | 03 Oct 2014 9:19 a.m. PST |
IMO, you're probably wrong … some lessons leared should stop that sort of thing … |
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