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Marine Crisis Response Force Increasingly Dedicated To War On ISIL

Marine Crisis Response Force Increasingly Dedicated To War On ISIL
U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command, conduct fast rope training from an MV-22 Osprey while deployed to Southwest Asia, Sept. 16, 2015.

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.…

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