Retired Gen. Al Gray, who served as the 29th commandant of the Marine Corps from 1987 to 1991, died at the age of 95 Wednesday after an extended period in hospice care.
A Marine anti-terrorism unit is now on the ground in Haiti to help protect the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince and potentially evacuate personnel there if needed.
So much depends on the one-of-a-kind Osprey, from secure embassy evacuations to deliveries to aircraft carriers at sea. And the Marines donβt go to war without it.
A Marine anti-terrorism team has been deployed to protect the U.S. embassy in Haiti as the country is suffering from gang violence and political turmoil.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry left the country last week to try and secure international assistance with the gang violence, but has now found it virtually impossible to return home.
The Osprey, an aircraft used for U.S. military operations, has been approved to resume flights following an extensive grounding prompted by a fatal crash in Japan.