Around 500 U.S. Marines are on standby to deploy to Los Angeles amid riots that have swept across the city, U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) announced.
In addition to approximately 300 National Guardsmen, NORTHCOM said in a press release, “approximately 500 Marines from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, are in a prepared to deploy status should they be necessary to augment and support the DoD’s protection of federal property and personnel efforts.”
