2,100 Marines to deploy to Kuwait

Breitbart:
The USMC is preparing to deploy 2,100 Marines to Kuwait under the auspices of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF).

The deployment was planned before the current "conflict in Iraq and Syria with the Islamic State" began.

According to Defense News, Colonel Kenneth DeTreux said the SPMAGTF will be deployed in "fiscal '15." They will have "attack aircraft, the AV-8B Harrier, and support aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey and KC-130 Super Hercules."

The SPMAGTF "will be equipped to perform noncombat evacuation, humanitarian assistance, infrastructure support, tactical aircraft recovery, fixed-site security and theater sustainment missions."

But DeTreux made clear that the ultimate use of SPMAGTF will depend on politics: "I think as a military guy, you understand there's going to be political and diplomatic lenses you look through. We just have to remain flexible, agile and responsive."
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I think the advance of the Islamic State gives new urgency to the deployment.  So far the Iraqi army is still not very effective in dealing with the advance as it is just over a mile away from Baghdad.  The Marines may be needed to evacuate US people woking at the embassy in Iraq and could be needed to stop an assault on Kuwait.

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