Officials said 2,500 Marines from 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in California and the U.S.S. Boxer amphibious ready group will go in April to relieve Marines already deployed in the Persian Gulf.
U.S. Dispatches Marines and Warships to Middle East
Originally reported by New York Times
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