
The contingent of Marines sent to the Middle East as a crisis response force could become a permanent rotational support force for other U.S. personnel conducting the air campaign against Islamic State (ISIL) militants in Iraq and Syria, according to the unit’s former commander.Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response (SPMAGTF-CR) assigned to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) was initially deployed in late 2014 to shore up the U.S. embassy in Yemen against building political instability in the capital Saana.As U.S.…