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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Stands Up Newest Special Purpose MAGTF in U.S. Central Command

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, September 30th, 2014

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Marine Corps Stands Up Newest Special Purpose MAGTF in U.S. Central Command

U.S. Central Command commander Gen. Lloyd Austin

The Marine Corps stood up its newest unit, the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Crisis Response – Central Command, on Tuesday to address theater security cooperation and emergency response needs in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. The Marine Corps has been making arrangements for this SP MAGTF CR – CENTCOM for about 18 months now, Marine Corps Forces Central Command spokesman Lt. Col. Joseph Kloppel told Defense Daily, and its deployment is not related to any particular threat…

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