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Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:22 PM
Jun 9

About 700 Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests

More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, and the troops will join the thousands of National Guard members who were activated by President Donald Trump over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or LA’s mayor.

The deployment of the full Marine battalion marks a significant escalation in Trump’s use of the military as a show of force against protesters, but it is still unclear what their specific task will be once in LA, sources told CNN. Like the National Guard troops, they are prohibited from conducting law enforcement activity such as making arrests unless Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, which permits the president to use the military to end an insurrection or rebellion of federal power.

The Marines being activated are with 2nd battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine division, according to US Northern Command. The activation is “intended to provide Task Force 51 with adequate numbers of forces to provide continuous coverage of the area in support of the lead federal agency,” NORTHCOM said in statement, referring to US Army north’s contingency command post.

One of the people familiar with the Marine mobilization said they will be augmenting the guard presence on the ground in LA. Over 2,000 members of the California National Guard have been activated by the president, but only about 300 have been deployed to the streets of LA so far. Those initial 300 people were on a routine National Guard drill weekend when they were mobilized, which is why they were able to arrive so quickly, the person familiar said; it can take up to 72 hours for other guardsmen to be mobilized. The Marines are expected to bolster some of the guard members who have been deployed to LA in the last two days, this person said.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/politics/marines-mobilized-los-angeles-protests

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700 Marines have been deployed to LA [View all] senseandsensibility Jun 9 OP
now what?? hookaleft Jun 9 #1
We need strong responses from all Democratic leaders senseandsensibility Jun 9 #2
Marines? On land??? live love laugh Jun 9 #3
Posse Comitatus violation...imo wcmagumba Jun 9 #4
Jesus Christ MustLoveBeagles Jun 9 #5
I thought Trump deployment of the National Guard applegrove Jun 9 #6
Why not battle ship or a nuclear sub off the coast? defacto7 Jun 9 #7
this supposedly explains the difference stillcool Jun 9 #8
Twin Palms I think senseandsensibility Jun 9 #11
they've been mobilized stillcool Jun 9 #15
That's what we used to do every time there was civil unrest in some banana republic run by a U.S. puppet: sop Jun 9 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jun 9 #10
yeah...I think it is being broadcasted stillcool Jun 9 #13
so...Newsom commented they are not being deployed stillcool Jun 9 #12
Quoting a chyron on MSNBC senseandsensibility Jun 9 #14
I will not argue stillcool Jun 9 #16
Are the Marines and NG to be deployed with bullets? It is certain that federal LEOs are. Norrrm Jun 9 #17
If they have weapons they will have bullets. If not then you are giving away 100's of fully automatic weapons kelly1mm Jun 9 #19
Remember the Marine barracks in Lebanon. Reagan had the gate guards with unloaded weapons. Norrrm Jun 9 #22
If the shoe was on the other foot... kentuck Jun 9 #18
Here's a link... spanone Jun 9 #20
This is absolutely despicable still-prayin4rain Jun 9 #21
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