The 700 marines set to deploy to Los Angeles to aid the 2,100 National Guard soldiers have finished their training on June 11, ready to hit the ground by Friday, said the U.S. Northern Command

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, who were placed in an alert status over the weekend, are briefed by battalion leadership while rehearsing crowd control tactics at a base in the greater Los Angeles area,