The Marine Corps unit placed on prepare-to-deploy orders is 2nd Battalion
Source: Washington Post
The Marine Corps unit placed on prepare-to-deploy orders is 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, an infantry unit based at Twentynine Palms, California, according to a defense official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
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ultralite001
(1,726 posts)Remember your oath...
SheltieLover
(69,418 posts)
Miguelito Loveless
(4,990 posts)History has shown us that over and over again.
They will follow orders without a second thought. They will arrest, maim, and kill on command.
BOSSHOG
(42,665 posts)Stopped lil Pete from blabbing? Isnt that trumps point? To blab about awesome leadership acumen? Which does not exist.
doc03
(37,919 posts)Marthe48
(20,773 posts)Kent State and Jackson State won't compare
Please make this stop
quaint
(3,897 posts)Just wondering...
angrychair
(10,694 posts)The military is not ally.
BidenRocks
(1,595 posts)I say, "Do not demean my Marine Corps!
The enemy is chump, not the citizens.
I remember how we were treated during Vietnam.
Do you want to be the hated Americans again?
STAND DOWN!
Ellipsis
(9,303 posts)DENVERPOPS
(12,524 posts)corruptly sent 3,000 to 6,000 active military to the southern border.........part of the buildup in using the Military and directly violating the Posse Comatatus ACT, and enabling him to "TRUMP UP" corrupt reasons to activate the entire Military against U.S. Citizens who disagree with his self idolized tyranny.
slightlv
(5,719 posts)Or overseas to the middle east as payola for the Qatari jet?
C Moon
(12,891 posts)I've seen rowdier crowds after a sportsball championship or a spring break get together.
AverageOldGuy
(2,628 posts). . . one of SECDEF Hogsbreath's first actions was to fire all the service Judge Advocate Generals - - - now there is no one to tell him what he is doing is illegal. It was all planned long before Nov 2024.
artemisia1
(1,067 posts)of a National Guard is to have LOCAL citizen soldiers to respond. Men -- and women -- from the community, or, at least, same state. This WILL NOT END WELL. Unfortunately, that's the plan...
ancianita
(40,584 posts)the civilian "national security crisis" is manufactured to turn the military after civilians who the military should be protecting and then joining against this lawless commander and secdef. Otherwise troops become mercenaries in a mercenary military.