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The deal also includes a provision to allow an extra 800 Marines to be stationed there during times of crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement, signed Wednesday, boosts <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">increases <\/span>the overall permanent U.S. military presence allowed to be based there <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">from 486 <\/span>to 2,200 personnel. That total will include <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">, including <\/span>the 850 Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force\u2013Crisis Response\u2013Africa already there on what was <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">until now <\/span>a temporary basis subject to annual renewal<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> by Spain<\/span>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The amendment changes the current deployment of the U.S Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force\u2013Crisis Response based at M\u00f3ron Air Base in Spain from temporary to indefinite,&#8221; said a State Department spokeswoman in Europe, who spoke on background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new deal also allows the Corps <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">wins <\/span><span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Marines <\/span>the ability to expand the number of crisis response Marines <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">surge the crisis response force <\/span>to <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">a total of <\/span>1,650 and to base <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Marines and <\/span>an additional 14 aircraft in M\u00f3ron during contingency operations that could require SPMAGTF-CR-AF to deploy in order to protect<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">ion of<\/span> U.S. facilities and personnel in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the change provides Marines already deploying to<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> in<\/span> Spain a sense of stability and permanency, the increase will not apply <span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> be made <\/span>exclusively to the Corps<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> of Marines<\/span>. The agreement allows <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Among others, it will include <\/span>a bump in Defense Department civilians from 43 to 500, and aircraft from 14 to 40. The increase, &#8220;includes the crisis response force and the legacy Air Force presence,&#8221; the State Department official said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marine officials at the Pentagon and in Europe did <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">had <\/span>not respond to detailed questions about how the agreement might ultimately increase the size of the Corps&#8217; crisis response unit, shift personnel or alter missions by press time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would appear, however, that the agreement will not immediately change the size or organization of the more than 1,600-strong unit, <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">SPMAGTF-CR-AF <\/span>which is currently split between Spain, Italy and Romania with roughly 850, 265 and 500 Marines in each country, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new agreement builds on bilateral one signed in 1988 that allowed a U.S. presence in Spain, but required annual renewal. Signing of the new agreement was delayed after Secretary of State John Kerry had a May 31 bike accident in France that fractured his leg and resulted in an early return to the U.S. for medical care. The agreement was ultimately signed in Washington by Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ignacio Ybanez and Deputy Secretary of State Antyhony J. 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