Posted on 06/09/2025 2:40:45 PM PDT by V_TWIN
A US Marine battalion is being sent to Los Angeles to help maintain order as anti-ICE riots continued to rage across Southern California.
On Sunday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told Marines to prepare for deployment to LA “if violence continues.”
On Monday, he made good on the promise, ordering 700 Marines from Twentynine Palms, California, to travel to LA.
The incoming marines will join the 300 National Guards troops already on the ground. President Trump ordered 2,000 members of the California National Guard to be ready to deploy in LA.
The incoming marines are expected to help relieve some of the guard members.
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Tell me they are armed.
“Being sent”? I thought they were already there in place.
Gotta check the laws first, I suppose.
Fantastic.
Should be more like 7000, with armor and orders to shoot to kill, if necessary.
“Protests” are continuing today in downtown Los Angeles.
How nice of all those employers to let off their employees for the day so they could go and protest.
They’re coming from 29 Palms California.....about 150 miles away.
I’m thinking it’s at least in part the result of what happens when you pay people to not work....and it started when that slimeball obama extended unemployment benefits to 99 weeks.
I forget just how big Southern California is.
I guess they’ll be flown in.
Hopefully, that fight or travel schedule is kept quiet for now.
Guard Federal officers and buildings and have video of tons of popcorn being delivered.
Sorry for asking. An honest question here.
I know what Marines are trained for.
But are they also trained in crowd control, riot suppression, etc. if need be?
No doubt in my mind that lefty democrats and other politicians look at the NG as glorified citizens in camo or “weekend warriors” - but the United States Marine Corp is a different skull crushing force. What will be the rules of engagement?? They simply won’t be put in or tolerate being assaulted by invader trash OR citizens!
They need to be armed. It is possible that a shooting war will break out between the cartels and the US Marines.
Dangerous territory here. Lots of possibilities for this whole thing to go sideways. That is a feature of this democrat/Mexican uprising.
Selected ones are US embassy guards. And don't forget what they did in Falluja.
Every new version of the news has more marines. Well….good. I hope they are armed. C’mon, Hegseth, make sure they are armed.
I’ve read about all kinds of riot control weapons/tools that have been developed over the past 15 years. Why are they not being used? My favorite is coordinated, but AI driven, drone swarms with airborne and land components. They are programmed to use nonlethal means to subdue and disperse rioters, based on recognition of threatening posture and other characteristics. I guess they are saving them for us.
Travis sees thousands of Mexicans running toward the Alamo.
He turns to Crockett: “Did you order concrete work Davy?”
I am becoming very fond of the JAPANESE BLUE INDELIBLE SPRAY
LEAVES A “LASTING MARK”.
Good question. Even for Marine Presidental Security Forces, the basic motto is “always be polite, always be professional, always be prepared to kill anyone you meet”.
Yes.
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