NEW U.S. MARINE CORPS CRISIS UNIT TO BE BASED IN KUWAIT
NEWTOWN, Conn. - The United States Marines Corps is preparing to deploy about 2,100 troops to Kuwait for a new unit that will respond to crises in the region.
Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Central Command will be equipped to perform noncombat evacuation, humanitarian assistance, infrastructure support, tactical aircraft recovery, fixed-site security and theater sustainment missions.
The unit's air assets will include attack aircraft, the AV-8B Harrier, and support aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey and KC-130 Super Hercules. Its operations are funded through overseas contingency operations dollars.
Kuwait already stations U.S. troops, with as many as 25,000-plus since 1990. The U.S. military presence in Kuwait is part of a 10-year defense agreement reached after the first Gulf War, when a coalition led by the U.S. drove the Iraqi military out of the Gulf nation. Kuwait has a similar agreement with the U.K. Both agreements are automatically renewable.
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