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A new Marine rotational force has landed New Marines are landing <\/span>in the Middle East as the U.S. ramps up the fight against Islamic State group militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final contingent of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force\u2014Crisis Response\u2014Central Command 16.2\u00a0crisis-response task force <\/span>departed Camp Pendleton, California, last week en route to the region to begin a\u00a0nine-month deployment in the region <\/span>to directly and indirectly bolster Iraqi forces in their fight against ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of\u00a02nd Battalion, 7th Marines will be the ground combat element of the task force, with air support from squadrons of the 2nd and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wings. They’ll be led by the 5th Marine Regiment with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 lending logistical support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The task force includes about 2,300 Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new rotation of\u00a0the crisis response force will be tasked with\u00a0Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force –\u00a0Crisis Response –\u00a0Central Command\u00a016.2,\u00a0has the mission of <\/span>rapidly and effectively <\/span>responding to a variety of contingencies in the combatant command, said task force spokesman <\/span>1st Lt. Christopher Harrison, a spokesman for the unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with those they\u2019re replacing, the Marines\u00a016.2 <\/span>will be on station to launch airstrikes, train Iraqi soldiers, beef up security at embassies and remote military outposts, and recover downed aircraft and pilots at a moment\u2019s notice. They\u2019ll also work alongside U.S. America\u2019s <\/span>regional allies, training them for the fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Marine Sgt. Josh Greathouse, a team leader with Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC), scans the area during a perimeter patrol in Al Taqaddum, Iraq, March 21, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-CC Marines are responsible for the force protection of coalition assets at some Combined Joint Task Force \u2013 Operation Inherent Resolve bases within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility as part of the effort to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Rick Hurtado \/ RELEASED).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sgt. Josh Greathouse, a team leader with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, scans the area during a perimeter patrol in Al Taqaddum, Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Credit: Sgt. Ricardo Hurtado, 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Put simply, our 16.2 rotation of Marines and sailors will be carrying out the same mission as 16.1, providing a broad range of capabilities to the [head of U.S. Central Command]Centcom commander<\/span>,” Harrison said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Marines arrived in theater as the fight against ISIS gains new intensity with Iraqi troops pushing to recapture the northern city of Mosul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to troops in Baghdad on Monday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced an increased role for the U.S. American <\/span>military, including additional advisers, attack helicopters and rocket artillery.\u00a0This comes “on top of what we’re already doing,” Carter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re providing air power, command and control, other fire, training, sustainment, logistics,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carter previously said the U.S. is also considering increasing the number of airstrikes, cyber attacks and American <\/span>troops to support the Iraqis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

In December, the Iraqis recaptured Ramadi following a bloody, seven-month slog with ISIS.\u00a0They then consolidated their forces and last month launched a new offensive \u2014\u00a0dubbed “Operation Conquest”\u00a0\u2014 to envelop and retake Mosul, which is Iraq’s second-largest city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mosul is at least four times larger than Ramadi, though, and further away from logistical support bases, cautioned Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, OIR’s commander, in a media briefing Monday from Baghdad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s an order of magnitude more challenging than Ramadi was,” he said. “Mosul is going to be more difficult, hence the additional support.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

This Marine rotation marks the fourth iteration of SPMAGTF\u2014Crisis Response\u2014Central Command since the\u00a0fall of 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew L. Schehl covers training and education, recruiting, West Coast Marines, MARSOC, and operations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for Marine Corps Times. He can be reached at <\/em>mschehl@marinecorpstimes.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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