CMAGTF 2-88 consisted of its command element, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines (Reinforced), Combat Service Support Detachment 20, and a composite helicopter squadron equipped with two CH-46E Sea Knights, two UH-1N Hueys and four AH-1T Sea Cobra helicopters. Arriving in the gulf in early March, Rakow's force immediately picked up the mission of escorting tankers through the gulf.
In June, the task force was replaced by another, 3-88, and when it left the gulf in the fall of 1988, the situation no longer required such a robust Marine presence
