During the Marine Corps' first-ever crisis-response unit deployment supporting U.S. Central Command, the MV-22 Osprey achieved an average 65-percent readiness rate, according to service officials. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task-Crisis Response-Central Command deployed from last September through April, Col. Jason Bohm, SPMAGTF-CR-CC commander, told reporters May 18 at the Pentagon. Bohm said the crisis-response unit was based in six CENTCOM countries and operated from 10 countries in the region. When the unit deployed there was nothing in the host nations...
