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By every unofficial accounting, new air strikes against North Vietnamese bases are in prospect. And, poised on Okinawa ready to head instantly for South Viet Nam, is the U.S. Marine Corps' 9th Expeditionary Brigade. The 7,500-man force presumably would be used for perimeter defense of American military installations—but by no stretch of the imagination could the marines be considered "advisers."