2,000 Marines from Southern California deploy to the Middle East as crisis response force

Units from Camp Pendleton’s 1st Marine Expeditionary Force have deployed to the Middle East, base officials announced on Monday, June 1.
Four elements of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit are now in Kuwait and will operate under U.S. Central Command, which oversee U.S. military in the Middle East. They will operate as a Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response-Central Command.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Justice Greene, a team leader with Crisis Response Company, Sp