Hundreds of Camp Pendleton Marines deployed this month as part of the ongoing mission at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pentagon said.
The reported 450 to 500 Marines are from the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and will be supporting Border Patrol operations near Yuma, AZ.
A Joint Task Force Southern Border spokesperson told KPBS the Marines are part of the regular rotation of forces at the border. They replaced Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 15 — also based at Camp Pendleton…