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Danielle Dixon, the crisis response unit&#8217;s spokeswoman. They remained there for about four<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> months.<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there, they worked with the embassy&#8217;s regional security officer and chief of mission to secure the facility pending the arrival of the Marine security guards who typically guard diplomatic facilities, the White House said at the time. It was not immediately clear if a follow-on contingent from the crisis response unit would be deployed, or if the embassy would now operate with a standard MSG detachment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">The embassy was shuttered in 2012<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> during an outbreak of ethnic and religious tension in what is one of Africa&#8217;s least developed countries. <\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">The deployment was an important step in reopening the embassy as French<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> and UN<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> peacekeepers<\/span> improved security in the capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background: #ffffff;\">&#8220;The people and leaders of the Central African Republic have made progress in ending the violence and putting their nation on a path toward peace and stability,&#8221; said Secretary of State John Kerry<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> in a Sept. 15<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> statement announcing the <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">embassies <\/span>reopening of the embassy. &#8220;But we all know that much work remains to be done.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-image: initial;\"><br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-image: initial;\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background: #ffffff;\">Marines from newly created crisis response units, which are manned by Marines on a six-month<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> rotational basis, have been used for similar security missions elsewhere. Marines with SPMAGTF-CR-Central Command,<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> created this summer,<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> are currently boosting security at the American embassies in Iraq and Yemen. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background: #ffffff;\">Marines with the Africa crisis response unit have been tapped to evacuate embassy personnel from Libya<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> in July<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> and South Sudan,<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/> last January<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"notes\" src=\"\/DesktopModules\/UDMW\/TextEditor\/images\/cq.png\"\/>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new round of Marines deployed this month to take over in Spain. 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