It is about 2500 marines. It is associated with amphibious shipping. That is what you mostly see on the news, marines operating off of the ships. We have two of those on the water at all times. One in the pacific and one generally in the european, african, and Central Command regions. Very capable force. Runs the gamut from working Security Cooperation issues up to having the capability of executing Forcible Entry or having a play inside a major theater operation. The last one on the left is the special purpose. They do not have a size. They do not have a number associated with them. They can be created in order to meet whatever the Mission Requirement is. In this particular case, our Crisis Response was established with about 550 marines. It was based around an Infantry Company sized force. The command element was taken largely from the 24th. Designed for specific evolutions or missions, hours being Crisis Response. I will get into the details on that in a moment. Next slide. This was
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