Camp Pendleton Marines Join Federal Mission at U.S.-Mexico Border

U.S. Northern Command border support operations at Bisbee, Arizona on Nov. 6, 2018. US Army Photo

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A contingent of active-duty Marines deployed this week to the California-Mexico border to join the growing border support mission ordered by the Trump administration.

The about 1,100 Marines tapped for the mission are assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7 from the Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based I Marine Expeditionary Force, according to U.S. Northern Command....

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